声明
Acknowledgements
Abstract
摘要
Contents
Chapter One Introduction
1.1.Zora Neale Hurston
1.2.Their Eyes Were Watching God
Chapter Two Literature Review
Chapter Three Representations of the Black Folklore in Their Eyes Were Watching God
3.1.African American Vernacular English
3.1.1.Formation of African American Vernacular English
3.1.2.Figurative Language and Idiomatic Expressions in African American Vernacular English
3.2.The Oral Tradition
3.2.1.Porch Talk
3.2.2.Folktales and Legends
3.3.Music and Dance
3.4.The Black Religion
3.4.1.Black Sermons
3.4.2.Hoodoo Belief
Chapter Four Reasons for Employment of the Black Folklore
4.1.Objective Reasons
4.1.1.Popularity of the Black Folklore During the Harlem Renaissance
4.1.2.The Influence of Patronage
4.2.Subjective Reasons
4.2.1.Influence During Childhood
4.2.2.Professional Influence
Chapter Five Significance of the Black Folklore
5.1.The Black Folklore’s Promotion to the Plot
5.2.Reconstruction of New Image of Blacks
5.2.1.The Oral Tradition’s Deconstructing Stereotype of Blacks
5.2.2.The Oral Tradition’s Shaping New Image of Blacks
5.3.Cohesion of the Black Community
5.3.1.Porch Talk as Cohesion for Eatonville
5.3.2.Carnivals as Cohesion for the Everglades
5.4.Maintaining Ethnic Dignity of the Negro
Chapter Six Conclusion
Bibliography
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