The Afro-American novel and its tradition
The roots of the early Afro-American novel -- The early Afro-American novel: historical romance, social realism, and beyond -- The pre-World War I novels of the old guard: romance, realism, and naturalism -- The Harlem Renaissance and the search for new modes of narrative -- Richard Wright and the triumph of naturalism -- Myth, legend, and ritual in the novel of the fifties -- The contemporary Afro-American novel, 1: neorealism -- The contemporary Afro-American novel, 2: modernism and postmodernism.