Ralph Ellison and Invisible Man

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Ralph Ellison and Invisible Man

Ellison’s Bio (1914-1994) b. in OK frontier Named for Ralph Waldo Emerson Attended Tuskegee Institute in Alabama 1930s: Harlem Renaissance (corresponded with the Jazz Age) 1945: began writing 7 years total to complete Won the national book award Ellison’s first and only novel Novel was immensely popular with both whites and blacks

Episodic Novel Def: story is told in a series of incidents or events. The episodes succeed each other, with no particular arrangement Protagonist experiences a string of occurrences and events Characterized by a loosely connected string of incidents Main character has no name: the nature of these experiences and the cumulative effect on him is important

Bildungsroman Novel Def.- a coming of age novel which chronicles a character’s development and maturation over the span of several years Main character begins as a bright high school student and matures to a man who understands the nature of the world

Universal Novel Novel is a quest to know oneself Struggle for acceptance Although it concerns race, it is really about our desire to succeed and be happy in life

Ellison as a Symbolist Events are in real settings, but settings always stand for something beyond surface level North vs. South

Existentialism Vs. Naturalism Narrator struggles to find his identity (Existentialism) This process is impeded by the world he lives in (Naturalism)

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