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The Eyewitness Testimony of Slave Narratives: A Literary and Historical Legacy of Bondage and Freedom Historical Legacy of Bondage and FreedomOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
The present study deals with slave narratives; the autobiographical records of black ex-slaves as one of the most innovative literary and historical traditions in African American literature and culture. It mainly focuses on their influence on the works of the African American playwright August Wilson whose plays are a good example for the rebirth of slave narratives in the form of dramatic representation. The aim of the thesis is to explore how Wilson dramatized some aspects of slave narratives in his pre-Civil Rights Movement Plays. It explains how the playwright’s use of certain slave narrative aspects in his plays is in itself a process of re-writing African American history. In fact, Wilson’s dramatization of these aspects illustrates his perspective on the importance of the past and of the African heritage. In addition, it underscores the playwright’s own dedication to the issue of writing plays that constitute broader, metaphorical slave narratives