Narratives of the Lives of Buried Hearts: Writing as (Re)Historicising
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https://doi.org/10.17851/2317-2096.26.3.293-310Mots-clés :
Frederick Douglass, Dee Brown, historical revisionRésumé
The specific context for this literary analysis encompasses the lives and experiences of American natives and of the slaves who were brought to the U.S.A. as elaborated in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, by Frederick (Douglass (1845), and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, by Dee Brown (1970). These books are perhaps some of the most evoked manifestations of historical revision; the former addressing American History through the perspective of a slave, and the latter doing likewise through the perspective of the indigenous population. I endeavour to get to such reflections through scrutinising the historical echoes of literature, as my specific goal is to analyse if and how Douglass and Brown’s books revise American history by saying what has been kept silent so far. The reflections articulated in both narratives prove to be harsh evidence that historical documents are far from being all encompassing – and are, for such reason, amenable to revision.
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