Charles Johnson / California Newsreel (Firm).

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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 bac...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Corporate Authors: California Newsreel (Firm)
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : California Newsreel (Firm), [1994]
Series:Films on Demand.
Subjects:
American literature > 20th century.
Literature, Modern.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1online resource (29 min.) : sound, color.
Format: Electronic Video

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505 0 |a 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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