Rethinking History in the Contemporary African American Novel
The paper deals with the famous 1960-70s novels by the African American writers M. Walker and A. Haley and their impact on the development of the African American novel including Toni Morrisons pentalogy. Taking its roots in the genre of the slave narrative, it resuscitates the saga and, on the other hand, introduces elements of magic realism to the historical novel, and plays with form thus widening the genre space.