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词条 Betsey Brown
释义

  1. Plot

  2. Major themes

  3. Development history

  4. Publication history

  5. Explanation of the novel's title

  6. Literary significance and reception

  7. Adaptations

  8. References

  9. External links

{{Infobox book
| image = Betsey Brown.jpg
| name = Betsey Brown
| author = Ntozake Shange
| country = United States of America
| language = English
| genre = African-American literature
| published = 1985
| publisher = St. Martin's Press
| media_type = Print
| pages = 207
| isbn = 0312077270
| oclc = 11624091
}}

Betsey Brown is an African-American literature novel by Ntozake Shange, published in 1985.

Plot

Betsey Brown is the story of an adolescent African-American girl growing up in 1959 St. Louis, Missouri, who is part of the first generation of students to be integrated in the public school system. She navigates common adolescent issues such as family dynamics, first love, and identity questions.

Major themes

Thematic concerns of the novel include African-American family life, coming of age, feminism, and racial freedom. One critic described the narrative structure of the novel as paralleling "the personal story of Betsey’s attaining self-confidence with the social achievements of the Civil Rights Movement."[1] This structure allows Shange to address feminist issues in addition to racial issues.[1]

Development history

In order to write the novel, Shange drew on her own experiences growing up in St. Louis, but the resulting novel is not entirely autobiographical.[2] Nevertheless, like Betsey Brown, Shange really did know such African-American celebrities as Chuck Berry and W. E. B. Du Bois.[3]

Publication history

Betsey Brown was published in 1985 by St. Martin's Press.[4]

Explanation of the novel's title

Set in the aftermath of Brown v. Board of Educationm —the landmark case in which the US Supreme Court ruled that laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students were unconstitutional—the novel is eponymous.[5]

Literary significance and reception

Though perhaps the least known of Shange's work, the novel has been called "a little gem."[2]

Adaptations

Shange adapted the novel into a musical play, which has been performed in various cities.[5]

References

1. ^{{cite journal|last=Crisu|first=Corina Anghel|title="Speak Up, Ike, an 'Spress Yo'se'f" Sentimental Romance Revisited in Ntozake Shange's Betsey Brown|journal=Americana|date=Spring 2006|volume=2|issue=1|url=http://primus.arts.u-szeged.hu/american/americana/volIIno1/crisu.htm|accessdate= February 28, 2014}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Alward|first=Emily|title="Betsey Brown" in Masterplots|year=2010|publisher=EBSCO|location=Ipswich, MA|edition=4th}}
3. ^{{cite journal|last=Rankovic|first=Catherine|title=An Interview with Ntozake Shange|journal=Gateway Heritage|date=Winter 1995–1996|volume=16|issue=3|url=http://collections.mohistory.org/media/CDM/gateway/88.pdf|accessdate= February 28, 2014}}
4. ^{{cite book|last=Richards|first=Sandra|title="Ntozake Shange" in African American Writers|year=2001|publisher=Scribner's|location=New York|pages=651–667|edition=2nd|editor=Valerie Smith}}
5. ^{{cite journal|last=Phelan|first=Peggy|title=Betsey Brown|journal=Theatre Review|date=Oct 1991|volume=43|issue=3|pages=383–385}}

External links

  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdrDULXbIoU Video of Ntozake Shange discussing growing up in St. Louis].
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7 : African-American novels|1985 American novels|1959 in fiction|Novels set in St. Louis|Literature by African-American women|Novels by Ntozake Shange|American young adult novels

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