An Africentric Reading Protocol: The Speculative Fiction Of Octavia Butler And Tananarive Due

<p>This examination of Africentric speculative fiction (ASF) applies an Africentric reading protocol to selected works of Octavia E. Butler and Tananarive Due. Butler's Parable Series and Due's African Immortals Series are examined using seven elements of Africentric narrative specific to cultural speculative fiction. Finally, I discuss the implications of using an Africentric reading protocol as an example of cultural analysis that can be adapted to the textual analysis of culturally specific works of fiction.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Communication

Year dc:date.available

2010

Author dc:creator

• Lawrence, Tonja

Contributors dc:contributor

• Mary Garrett

• Africentric
• Afrocentricity
• Octavia Butler
• reading protocol
• rhetoric
• Tananarive Due
• African American Studies
• Communication

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/198

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.wayne.edu:oa_dissertations-1197