This paper aims at exploring critically the fiction of Nella Larsen and her situation within the complexity in Harlem Renaissance. First, Larsen's novels Quicksand(1928) and Passing(1929), created a piece of art o...This paper aims at exploring critically the fiction of Nella Larsen and her situation within the complexity in Harlem Renaissance. First, Larsen's novels Quicksand(1928) and Passing(1929), created a piece of art out of her personal experience and offered new directions for Afro-American new models for artists. Her exploration of the contradiction of Afro-American female victimization and sexuality, is perhaps the most significant contribution to the literary development in Harlem Renaissance.展开更多
文摘This paper aims at exploring critically the fiction of Nella Larsen and her situation within the complexity in Harlem Renaissance. First, Larsen's novels Quicksand(1928) and Passing(1929), created a piece of art out of her personal experience and offered new directions for Afro-American new models for artists. Her exploration of the contradiction of Afro-American female victimization and sexuality, is perhaps the most significant contribution to the literary development in Harlem Renaissance.
