The Vernacular Tradition Versifies Trails, Visibly Through Vast Tales
The Vernacular Tradition is something that we witness throughout our first month of African American literature. In either stories or poems, the vernacular is what fuels these authors to keep writing, to build up something that expresses who they truly are. And that is what we're going to look into in this blog. Let's start off by looking at the stories we've read in class so far. Jacob's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl features Linda Brent who describes her life story as a slave, going through many challenges and obstacles on her way of claiming her freedom. Throughout the text, Brent meets many characters, one particular character that stands out is Dr. Flint, a physician that goes through anything to get what he wants. Brent shows Dr. Flint's character through her personal experiences, giving the reader enough information to determine who Dr. Flint really is without explicitly saying it. There is also another point in the story that shows how male slav...