Teju Cole and Ralph Ellison’s Aesthetics of Invisibility

Considering “invisibility” as both subject matter and aestheticizing mode of experience, this essay uses the case studies of two American novels—Teju Cole’s Open City and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man—to explore how a culturally specific, racially charged subject is mapped outward to occupy a broade...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Mosaic (Winnipeg) 2017-12, Vol.50 (4), p.103-119
Hauptverfasser:	REESE, SAM, KINGSTON-REESE, ALEXANDRA
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aesthetics African American literature Ambiguity American literature Analysis Authors Breton language Cole, Teju Contemporary literature Cosmopolitanism Criticism and interpretation Culture Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886) Ellison, Ralph Ellison, Ralph (1914-1994) Essays Exegesis & hermeneutics Intersectionality Invisibility Jazz Literary characters Literary criticism Literary devices Literary influences Literature Logic Modern literature Modernism Monk, Thelonious (1917-1982) Narrative structure Nigerian literature Novels Palimpsests Plot (Narrative) Racism Readers Scholars Short stories Society Works Writers
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Zusammenfassung:	Considering “invisibility” as both subject matter and aestheticizing mode of experience, this essay uses the case studies of two American novels—Teju Cole’s Open City and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man—to explore how a culturally specific, racially charged subject is mapped outward to occupy a broader aesthetic realm.
ISSN:	0027-1276 1925-5683 1925-5683
DOI:	10.1353/mos.2017.0055