Ambiguities of the Self in Zora Neale Hurston's Dust Tracks on a Road
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Date
2022-06
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UNIVERSITY OF MOHAMED BOUDIAF
Abstract
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This project is about Zora Neale Hurston’s construction of multiple self and her stance
from the racial issues in her ambiguous autobiography Dust Tracks on Road. It also sheds
light on the reality of African Americans in the United States, and women’s sufferance in a
racist society. Hurston's work is an imaginative and creative summary of her rise from the
rural south to a prominent position among leading writers and intellectuals. Dust Tracks is
considered a highly regarded work as well as controversial for its refusal to investigate the
effects of racism or segregation. Throughout the autobiography, Hurston maintains a
positive, invincible attitude. White readers seemed to appreciate her lack of commentary
on racial issues; black critics, on the other hand, found this unconscionable and accused her
of pandering to whites. In order to reveal the ambiguity of this work, Hurston's
autobiography will be thoroughly examined and interpreted by relying on Black criticism.
This thesis is divided into two main chapters׃the first is a discussion of the socio-historical
context of the autobiography, which provides a better understanding of the issues
discussed, and the second chapter is an analysis of issues such as identity and race, also to
define the style that Zora employs when writing about issues that are extremely important
to her and her race
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Key words꞉ African American literature. The Harlem Renaissance. Race. Self