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The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement in Contemporary African American Fiction
2020. urn:nbn:hr:142:080987
Laban, Andrea
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Laban, A. (2020). The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement in Contemporary African American Fiction (Master's thesis). Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:080987

Laban, Andrea. "The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement in Contemporary African American Fiction." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2020. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:080987

Laban, Andrea. "The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement in Contemporary African American Fiction." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2020. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:080987

Laban, A. (2020). 'The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement in Contemporary African American Fiction', Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 15 January 2025, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:080987

Laban A. The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement in Contemporary African American Fiction [Master's thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2020 [cited 2025 January 15] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:080987

A. Laban, "The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement in Contemporary African American Fiction", Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2020. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:080987

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TitleThe Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement in Contemporary African American Fiction
Title (croatian)Naslijeđe Pokreta za građanska prava u suvremenoj afroameričkoj prozi
AuthorAndrea Laban
MentorSanja Runtić (mentor)
Committee memberSanja Runtić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberBiljana Oklopčić (član povjerenstva)
Committee memberLjubica Matek (član povjerenstva)
GranterJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Osijek
Defense date and country2020-07-22, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
This master’s thesis provides an analysis of Alice Walker’s novels The Color Purple (1982) and Meridian (1976) in relation to the Civil Rights Movement and its legacy. It discusses the theme of African American female experience of inequality and discrimination in terms of both gender and race. The paper argues that even though their time frames differ, as The Color Purple is set at the beginning of the twentieth century and Meridian reflects the years during and following the Civil Rights Movement, the novels’ main characters share the experience of double oppression by both White supremacist and patriarchal social structures. The Color Purple depicts the trials and tribulations in the life of its protagonist, Celie, who endures mistreatment perpetuated by Black men on a daily basis. Likewise, Meridian depicts racial and gender discrimination in the rural South, exposing Black women’s confinement by the dominant standards of femininity. The analysis of Meridian focuses on three motifs – the story of Marilene O’Shay, the Wild Child, and the Sojourner Tree – through which it exposes the suppression of Black women’s voice and their social marginalization. The paper also examines the ways in which this novel addresses the rift within the Civil Rights Movement, caused by the shift from nonviolent to radical activism, and argues that both novels advance Walker’s concept of “womanism” by celebrating female solidarity, which helps their heroines resolve their marginalized position and overcome racial oppression and patriarchal constraints imposed on Black femininity.
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Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:142:080987
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teacher Training, Translation and Interpreting Studies, Philology
Course: Teacher Training
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti)
Study programmeTitle: German Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teacher Training, Translation Studies
Course: Teacher Training
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra edukacije njemačkog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra edukacije njemačkog jezika i književnosti)
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