摘要:The Known World, the greatest African American writer Jones' second masterpiece, tells about how a black slave named Henry Townsend gradually becomes a black slaveholder, and reflects the complicated relationships between people from different social strata under the institution of slavery.
, irony, parody, and humor to defamiliarize objects and events in daily life. Chapter Three focuses on the ways how narrative strategies help The Known World achieve the effect of defamiliarization. This topic is explored through three aspects including narrative structure, perspective and plot. Chapter Four analyzes the defamiliarization in the binary oppositional theme of the
traditional novels of slavery, in which the defamiliarization in binary oppositional relationship between blacks and whites and in binary oppositional attitudes of the two races towards slavery are discussed respectively. In this chapter, the defamiliarization in binary oppositional relationship between blacks and whites is reflected through analyzing two sets of relationship; the defamiliarization in binary oppositional attitudes of the two races towards slavery is vindicated by exploring two issues: one is that some blacks advocate slavery; the other is that several whites object to slavery. At last, a conclusion is drawn from the above elaboration.
Chapter One The Known World and the Theory of Defamiliarization........... 13-24
1.1 Edward P. Jones and The Known World................. 13-17
1.2 Literature Review ...........17-19
1.3 Theory of Defamiliarization............. 19-24
Chapter Two Defamiliarization in Language .............24-36
2.1 Simile and Metaphor ............25-29
2.2 Irony ..........29-30
2.3 Parody ..................30-32
2.4 Humor ....................32-36
Chapter Three Defamiliarization in Narrative Strategies....... 36-48
3.1 Defamiliarization in Narrative Structure ...............36-40
3.1.1 Prolepsis....................... 36-38
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4.2 Defamiliarization in Binary Oppositional Attitudes ............53-60
4.2.1 Supportive Attitudes of Some Blacks............................. 53-56
4.2.2 Dissenting Attitudes of Some Whites................. 56-60
Conclusion
ofby Through the detailed analysis above of the ways in defamiliarization is achieved in The Known World, it can which the effect be concluded that defamiliarizing traditional novels of slavery, Jones gives readers freshness to save them from long-term automatization and to draw their attention to the novel. The effect of defamiliarization attracts the attention of readers and critics so much that it becomes one of the most important factors which help The Known World become a famous novel of slavery and win many critics' approvals, numerous readers' praises, and numerous prestigious awards. To some extent, the greatness of The Known World can be attributed to the effect of defamiliarization demonstrated in the following aspects:
In terms of language, Jones manipulates rhetorical devices to defamiliarize the common language by endowing it with a peculiarity, so as to make it vivid and humorous. To be specific, similes and metaphors connect two unrelated objects
together, drawing readers' attention t
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