À sombra do american dream: literatura e crítica social em Native Son, de Richard Wright

Abstract

The present paper aims at developing some considerations about the African-American experience during the racial segregation period depicted in the novel Native Son (1940), as well as attempting to highlight the aesthetic strategies presented in the narrative to discuss its protagonist’s identity. We based our analysis on the theories developed by Charles Taylor (1997), Chris Barker e Dariusz Galasinski (2001), Kathryn Woodward (2005), Stuart Hall (2006) and Eric Landowski (2012).