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Fantasy is a genre that seldom includes black characters. When black characters are present, they often lack the same narrative significance, reliability and character growth that is given to white characters. This can lead to poorly written black characters that lack purpose or fall victim to stereotypical roles and troupes. Depicting black characters in this way can further isolate readers who wish to read about black characters, that are more than just stereotypes, within the fantasy genre. This thesis will examine the writing techniques of character coding and the subversion of stereotypes and how they present a way for black characters to be better represented within the fantasy genre. Lastly, authors, N.K. Jemisin, L.L. McKinney and Tomi Adeyemi and their use of these techniques to create fully realized black characters within their fantasy novels will be analyzed.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Year dc:date.available

2025

Author dc:creator

• Nord, Arielle

Contributors dc:contributor

• Einstein, Sarah
• Baker, Sybil; Hunter, Rick
• College of Arts and Sciences

• Characters and characteristics in literature
• Description (Rhetoric)
• Fantasy fiction--Authorship
• Race in literature
• Adeyemi, Tomi--Criticism and interpretation; Jemisin, N. K.--Criticism and interpretation; McKinney, L. L. (Leatrice L.)--Criticism and interpretation

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language

English, eng

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/860

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-2040