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ERIC Number: EJ441016
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0994
Ishmael Reed's Rhetorical Turn: Uses of "Signifying" in "Reckless Eyeballing."
Punday, Daniel
College English, v54 n4 p446-61 Apr 1992
Argues that the clarity of Ishmael Reed's later novels is part of a complex and innovative style that is "rhetorical" in the broadest sense. Notes that his narrative strategies are constructed primarily on the way the audience will read and even misread the novel. Explores the rhetorical workings in Reed's novel "Reckless Eyeballing." (RS)
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Literature, Higher Education, Literary Genres, Novels, Rhetorical Criticism, Twentieth Century Literature
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: African Americans; Rhetorical Strategies