ERNEST J. GAINES’S MISS JANE PITTMAN: A SYMBOL OF THE BLACK FEMALE ABOLITIONIST STRUGGLE
Journal Title: Studii şi cercetări filologice - Seria Limbi Străine Aplicate - Year 2014, Vol 13, Issue
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Abstract: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines is a testimony of the black female abolitionist struggle. Its protagonist, Miss Jane Pittman, whose life covers the Civil War period (1861-1865) and the 1960s, embodies the African American women’s experience through her own story. As Ernest J. Gaines gives her the voice to relate her life experience, she reflects on her being and at the same time, she constructs her identity which reveals her heroism. Her struggle for freedom turns around her participation in the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement. But her attempt to reach the North after the Civil War remains an important fact of her struggle. As a symbol of the black female abolitionist struggle, her “autobiography” is the voiceless African American women’s point of view. Résumé: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman d’Ernest J. Gaines est un témoignage de la lutte abolitionniste de la femme noire. Son protagoniste, Miss Jane Pittman, dont la vie couvre la période de la guerre civile (1861-1865) et les années 1960, symbolise l'expérience des africaine américaines à travers sa propre histoire. Comme Ernest J. Gaines lui donne de la voix pour raconter l’expérience de sa vie, elle réfléchit sur son être et en même temps, elle construit son identité qui révèle son héroïsme. Sa lutte pour la liberté tourne autour de sa participation à la Guerre Civile et au Mouvement des Droits Civiques. Mais sa tentative d'atteindre le Nord après la Guerre Civile reste un fait important de sa lutte. En tant que symbole de la lutte abolitionniste de la femme noire, son «autobiographie» est le point de vue des africaines américaines sans voix. Mots-clés: témoignage, lutte abolitionniste, symbole, héroïsme, autobiographie.
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