Plurality and Synthesis in The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

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dc.contributor.advisorMallios, Peter Len_US
dc.contributor.authorWorrell, Vincent Keithen_US
dc.contributor.departmentEnglish Language and Literatureen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-17T06:02:50Z
dc.date.available2018-07-17T06:02:50Z
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man analyses the problems of a racially divided society, refutes the premises of binary racial division, and presents strategies for overcoming societal division. This paper analyzes the employment of structural elements employed to support reception of the narrative message then demonstrates the problem statement, antithesis and synthesis in the text. Plurality is evidenced in the characters Red and Shiny who mediate binary conceptions of whiteness and blackness. The relationships formed between these characters and the narrator forms a model for alliances across the color line. The narrator’s alliance seeking behavior is demonstrated and expanded upon to include mass communication through media and music as a means to achieve synthesis in American society. This thesis expands upon the previous analysis of plurality and demonstrates that Johnson’s text outlines an actionable plan for a new national unity predicated on meaningful criteria to replace arbitrary racial distinctions.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2V11VP6B
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/20913
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEnglish literatureen_US
dc.titlePlurality and Synthesis in The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Manen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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