![]() ![]() ![]() Whatever name we give to this other element - the fictional, the unreal - it involves systems of representation which rely on reading, or decoding. 1 The idea of the "real" makes sense only in its relation to some other term to which it is opposed. It is not surprising that the dominant metaphors of African-American literature are linguistic, or that the publication of the Norton Anthology of African-American Literature is an event of symbolic significance. ![]() (.)ġTo evoke the real in the context of African-American literature is to accept to confront the risks involved in a discussion in which the stakes are not purely aesthetic. The Norton Anthology of African-American Literature. ![]()
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