Critique and Metafiction in John Edgar Wideman's Fanon: A Novel.

  • Published In: Criticism, 2023, v. 65, n. 4. P. 389 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Beckman, Frida 3 of 3

Abstract

The article focuses on how John Edgar Wideman's Fanon: A Novel uses metafiction to critique racial oppression, language, and the role of literature in political resistance. Topics include the narrator's self-aware struggle with language's limitations, the novel's challenge to predominantly white postmodern theories of metafiction, and the reclamation of self-reflexive literary strategies as vital tools within African American critical and creative traditions.

Additional Information

  • Source:Criticism. 2023/10, Vol. 65, Issue 4, p389
  • Document Type:Literary Criticism
  • Subject Area:Literature and Writing
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0011-1589
  • DOI:10.1353/crt.2023.a965673
  • Accession Number:186810899

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