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Black Natural Law by Vincent W. Lloyd
African American Review ( IF 0.3 ) Pub Date : 2019-01-01 , DOI: 10.1353/afa.2019.0029
Ronald B. Neal

before Invisible Man, his second at the beginning of the Black Arts Movement, and his third and fourth just as black women were becoming the literary rage. He also suffered from America’s literary mantra of “Only One Negro Writer at a Time.” Diversity, in the sense of a multiplicity of voices, styles, and methods, is still not fully accepted when it comes to black fiction. Such distinguished and distinctive fictionists as Margaret Walker, Leon Forrest, Raymond Andrews, Cyrus Colter, Clarence Major, Gayl Jones, and even Ernest Gaines and John Edgar Wideman have been neglected throughout their careers. (As one small example, Ishmael Reed was invited as a featured speaker to the 2018 American Literature Association conference; it was not possible to put together a panel to discuss his work, but at least he spoke to a standing-room only audience of more than one hundred people.) On the surface, Demby’s novel would seem have general audience appeal: it is a narrative of black soldiers in Italy in World War II. It tells of the frustration of the men at learning that they will drive trucks rather than fight. It also moves back in time to tell of the adventures of King Comus, a slave who becomes a performer on a riverboat, then gains his freedom among the Cherokee who have been moved west. A potential problem for conventional readers is that the story shifts back and forth in time, involves a variety of mythic and historical elements, and obscures the relationship between autobiography and fiction. For example, the principal narrator is simply called D, who lives in villa in Tuscany and has recently lost his wife, all elements from Demby’s life. Thus, like several of the writers mentioned above, he makes use of many of the devices of metafiction and post modernism. And like them, he remains an underappreciated contributor to African American and American literature. The editorial work done here was made easier by the fact that Demby had declared that the novel was complete; the labor on it largely involved making spelling and punctuation consistent. Sherazi does point out that there are incongruities in the text, such as ages and biological relationships, but she points out that, given the play with time central to the narrative, it is difficult to determine if these were intentional. In any case, we now have another opportunity to pay attention to correct our failure of attention to an important author.

中文翻译:

Vincent W. Lloyd 的黑色自然法

在Invisible Man之前,他在黑人艺术运动开始时的第二个,以及他的第三个和第四个就像黑人女性一样成为文学热潮。他还饱受美国“一次只有一个黑人作家”的文学口号。从声音、风格和方法的多样性的意义上来说,多样性在黑人小说中仍未被完全接受。玛格丽特·沃克、里昂·福雷斯特、雷蒙德·安德鲁斯、赛勒斯·科尔特、克拉伦斯·梅杰、盖尔·琼斯,甚至欧内斯特·盖恩斯和约翰·埃德加·威德曼等杰出而独特的小说家在整个职业生涯中都被忽视了。(举一个小例子,伊斯梅尔·里德(Ishmael Reed)被邀请作为特邀演讲者参加 2018 年美国文学协会会议;不可能组建一个小组来讨论他的工作,但至少他对一百多人的站立式观众进行了演讲。)从表面上看,登比的小说似乎具有一般的观众吸引力:它是二战期间意大利黑人士兵的叙事。它讲述了男人们在得知他们将驾驶卡车而不是战斗时的沮丧。它还回到过去,讲述了科姆斯国王的冒险经历,他是一名奴隶,后来成为河船上的表演者,然后在向西迁移的切诺基人中获得了自由。对于传统读者来说,一个潜在的问题是故事在时间上来回转换,涉及各种神话和历史元素,并模糊了自传和小说之间的关系。例如,主要叙述者简单地称为D,他住在托斯卡纳的别墅中,最近失去了妻子,登比生活中的所有元素。因此,像上面提到的几位作家一样,他使用了许多元小说和后现代主义的手段。和他们一样,他仍然是非裔美国人和美国文学的一个被低估的贡献者。由于登比宣布小说已完成,这里所做的编辑工作变得更容易了。其工作主要涉及使拼写和标点符号一致。Sherazi 确实指出文本中存在不协调之处,例如年龄和生物学关系,但她指出,鉴于叙事中心的时间游戏,很难确定这些是否是故意的。无论如何,我们现在有另一个机会来注意纠正我们对重要作者的关注失败。像上面提到的几位作家一样,他使用了许多元小说和后现代主义的手段。和他们一样,他仍然是一个被低估的非裔美国人和美国文学的贡献者。由于登比宣布小说已完成,这里所做的编辑工作变得更容易了。其工作主要涉及使拼写和标点符号一致。Sherazi 确实指出文本中存在不协调之处,例如年龄和生物学关系,但她指出,鉴于叙事中心的时间游戏,很难确定这些是否是故意的。无论如何,我们现在有另一个机会来注意纠正我们对重要作者的关注失败。像上面提到的几位作家一样,他使用了许多元小说和后现代主义的手段。和他们一样,他仍然是一个被低估的非裔美国人和美国文学的贡献者。由于登比宣布小说已完成,这里所做的编辑工作变得更容易了。其工作主要涉及使拼写和标点符号一致。Sherazi 确实指出文本中存在不协调之处,例如年龄和生物学关系,但她指出,鉴于叙事中心的时间游戏,很难确定这些是否是故意的。无论如何,我们现在有另一个机会来注意纠正我们对重要作者的关注失败。他仍然是非裔美国人和美国文学的一个被低估的贡献者。由于登比宣布小说已完成,这里所做的编辑工作变得更容易了。其工作主要涉及使拼写和标点符号一致。Sherazi 确实指出文本中存在不协调之处,例如年龄和生物学关系,但她指出,鉴于叙事中心的时间游戏,很难确定这些是否是故意的。无论如何,我们现在有另一个机会来注意纠正我们对重要作者的关注失败。他仍然是非裔美国人和美国文学的一个被低估的贡献者。由于登比宣布小说已完成,这里所做的编辑工作变得更容易了。其工作主要涉及使拼写和标点符号一致。Sherazi 确实指出文本中存在不协调之处,例如年龄和生物学关系,但她指出,鉴于叙事中心的时间游戏,很难确定这些是否是故意的。无论如何,我们现在有另一个机会来注意纠正我们对重要作者的关注失败。其工作主要涉及使拼写和标点符号一致。Sherazi 确实指出文本中存在不协调之处,例如年龄和生物学关系,但她指出,鉴于叙事中心的时间游戏,很难确定这些是否是故意的。无论如何,我们现在有另一个机会来注意纠正我们对重要作者的关注失败。其工作主要涉及使拼写和标点符号一致。Sherazi 确实指出文本中存在不协调之处,例如年龄和生物学关系,但她指出,鉴于叙事中心的时间游戏,很难确定这些是否是故意的。无论如何,我们现在有另一个机会来注意纠正我们对重要作者的关注失败。
更新日期:2019-01-01
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