But all of that is suspect because of affirmative action There is no reason to believe he has achieved anything
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Chickie <[email protected]> wrote: > > Upon publication in 1988, The Signifying Monkey received both > widespread praise and notoriety. Prominent literary critic Houston A. > Baker wrote that it was “a significant move forward in Afro-American > literary study”[9] and Andrew Delbanco wrote that it put Gates “at the > forefront of the most significant reappraisal of African-American > critical thought since the 1960s.”[10] It won an American Book Award > in 1989. However, it was also closely scrutinized to the point of > “being more talked about than read, more excoriated than > understood.”[11] Complaints against it include that Gates focus is > exclusively Afrocentric,[11] that he presupposes the signifying > tradition and then fits his evidence to conform to the tradition, and > that he is guilty of circular logic.[12] Nonetheless, The Signifying > Monkey has helped contribute to the reputation of Gates as one of the > two most important (along with Houston Baker) African-American > literary theorists of the late 20th and early 21st century.[13] > > Wikipedia... > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
