Orality and the Sermonic Tradition in J. California Cooper's Some People, Some Other Place- A Study of the Narrative Voice

This article scrutinizes the narrating instance and discourses in J California Cooper’s Some People, Some Other Place (2004). It argues that Cooper writes within a purely African-American literary tradition that exploits the power of orality embedded in the black sermon to bring order in the lives o...

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Main Author: Babacar Dieng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lasting Impressions Press 2014-06-01
Series:International Journal of English Language and Translation Studies
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Online Access:http://www.eltsjournal.org/pdf_files/Orality%20and%20the%20Sermonic%20Tradition%20in%20J.%20California%20Cooper's%20Some%20People,%20Some%20Other%20Place-%20A%20Study%20of%20the%20Narrative%20Voice.pdf