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RogerRosenblatt’sbookBlackFiction，inattemptingtoapplyliteraryratherthansociopoliticalcriteriatoitssubject，successfullyalterstheapproachtakenbymostpreviousstudies。AsRosenblattnotes，criticismofBlackwritinghasoftenservedasapretextforexpoundingonBlackhistory。AddisonGayle’srecentwork，forexample，judgesthevalueofBlackfictionbyovertlypoliticalstandards，ratingeachworkaccordingtothenotionsofBlackidentitywhichitpropounds。

Althoughfictionassuredlyspringsfrompoliticalcircumstances，itsauthorsreacttothosecircumstancesinwaysotherthanideological，andtalkingaboutnovelsandstoriesprimarilyasinstrumentsofideologycircumventsmuchofthefictionalenterprise。Rosenblatt’sliteraryanalysisdisclosesaffinitiesandconnectionsamongworksofBlackfictionwhichsolelypoliticalstudieshaveoverlookedorignored。

WritingacceptablecriticismofBlackfiction，however，presupposesgivingsatisfactoryanswerstoanumberofquestions。Firstofall，isthereasufficientreason，otherthanthefacialidentityoftheauthors，togrouptogetherworksbyBlackauthors？Second，howdoesBlackfictionmakeitselfdistinctfromothermodernfictionwithwhichitislargelycontemporaneous？RosenblattshowsthatBlackfictionconstitutesadistinctbodyofwritingthathasanidentifiable，coherentliterarytradition。LookingatnovelswrittenbyBlackoverthelasteightyyears，hediscoversrecurringconcernsanddesignsindependentofchronology。Thesestructuresarethematic，andtheyspring，notsurprisingly，fromthecentralfactthattheBlackcharactersinthesenovelsexistinapredominantlywhiteculture，whethertheytrytoconformtothatcultureorrebelagainstit。

BlackFictiondoesleavesomeaestheticquestionsopen。Rosenblatt’sthematicanalysispermitsconsiderableobjectivity;heevenexplicitlystatesthatitisnothisintentiontojudgethemeritofthevariousworks—yethisreluctanceseemsmisplaced，especiallysinceanattempttoappraisemighthaveledtointerestingresults。Forinstance，someofthenovelsappeartobestructurallydiffuse。Isthisadefect，oraretheauthorsworkingoutof，ortryingtoforge，adifferentkindofaesthetic？Inaddition，thestyleofsomeBlacknovels，likeJeanToomer’sCane，vergesonexpressionismorsurrealism;doesthistechniqueprovideacounterpointtotheprevalentthemethatportraysthefateagainstwhichBlackheroesarepitted，athemeusuallyconveyedbymorenaturalisticmodesofexpression？

Inspiteofsuchomissions，whatRosenblattdoesincludeinhisdiscussionmakesforanastuteandworthwhilestudy。BlackFictionsurveysawidevarietyofnovels，bringingtoourattentionintheprocesssomefascinatingandlittle－knownworkslikeJamesWeldonJohnson’sAutobiographyofanEx－ColoredMan。Itsargumentistightlyconstructed，anditsforthright，lucidstyleexemplifieslevelheadedandpenetratingcriticism。