Charles Johnson

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This program shows how Charles Johnson, a quintessential multicultural novelist, blends black folk tales, Zen parables, 18th-century picaresque novels, and 20th-century philosophy into storytelling of remarkable vitality. Here, Johnson explains that he explores metaphysical questions against the backdrop of black American life. Oxherding Tales and Middle Passage are odysseys in search of individual identity and common values among conflicting cultures. Johnson concludes, "I am looking for the universal in particulars of black experience. We are cultural variations on one world experience
Multicultural Writer (2:14)
Art and Journalism (1:50)
Black Humor (2:01)
College for Charles Johnson (1:13)
Marxism (2:23)
Philosophical Questions (1:37)
Martial Arts and Writing (3:34)
Writing Regimen (2:17)
First Novel (2:44)
Character Analysis (1:31)
Categories of Literature (1:32)
Literary Theme (1:23)
Credits: Charles Johnson (1:35)

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