https://digitallis.isg.siue.edu/files/original/2c10cb80f982bd8cecdc13e9698d0417.pdf b152d5e2d632be3ca4a24011f22a6846 PDF Text Text .,. seculars . 7 It is next to imppossible t o ~ l i s t all(or each type) of the SecuJa rs. \ve have mentioned Profe s r or Talleyc!:s pioneering efforts at C1assifying them. But many obst a cles lay in the way of , of secular folk life. One problem was that Such e. all types of Black creativity, from the slave narratives to religious songs. Hence the more "urotesting" aspects of the xm: works were deleted as were "offensive words." Ar,yone who h'1s heard "authentic" Black folk songs knows that they ~a;;& roflectU(, of the converg;:nce :p 1 madness, absurdity and hope in the Black body. Subsequently what are known as "curse" or 11 obscene 11 words are sprinkled throughout Brown discusses the 11 realism 11 in the folk rhymes along with an attempt to classify at least some of the~( "fiddle -sings, 11 "c~songs, 11 crow/): Ballads , Ballads : Ne 0 ro Heroes , 1 • jig-tunes," "ups tart John Henry(folkified in song), ork S 0 ngs, The Blue s, Irony and ,Protest • . Irony andr ~ protest~ of Course, run through Black folk and literary poetry from the earliest days ( ~~hi tfield, Harper , anti-slavery songs) to the most recent times(Josh Vhite , Leon Thomas, D0 n L. Lee, John ~ chols, Johnny Scott). Some observers have pointed to the silliness of taiili€(!\dlli•~ resetw:-che rs who, white as ever, appeared endorsed 11 askl\i'Olk song writers and singers if they;\; ■ z 11 prote s~ away ,hature and history ~ satisfied with a "no" answer~,. Given th ..-of ..i!!!i11,tm::mllliiei1a re- __.El.~_cy lations o-nP c....-. - ~ - , M . , O ~ . C - ~ .l.:ii11¥i1.-IMIIIJlll!!l-±E~~~ reluctance on the parts of Blacks to tell whites ,--. the truth about 11 anything" let alone ro out sucJ'sensti ti ve.-:.- areaf as "protest." Yet in the dog-eat-dog world of survival, the folk person knows that "If he dies, I'll eat his co 1 n; AnJ if he lives, I'll ride 1 im on. --30-- 11 �C?.!Vsecul rs 8 In suimnaryp)11n we can say t hs t unlike other ethnic immigrant groups(the Afro- erican was not a willing immigrant!), the Black American did not simply transplant his stories--keeping them in thetr exact same form. lie found American or ~uropean languag e ,> count e rparts for his themes and vocab~lari. But his phonology, style and spirit were informed by the African tradition. The student of Black folk poetry will wand to comare and contrast the Secula rs to othe r ethn ic stories and songs. Boasting or 11 lying, 1 for examp le, is one ing redient of the "tall" tale. How does the Bl a ck song or story(i.e., "Sh ine," mite, II " Frankie and Johnrwe, II 11 :::>ign"fying Honey,n etc.) fit this PJ.Otif? How do es it conceal deeper meanings on the issues of slavery, inhuman work conditions, or contradictions in Christianity? What are the ~ similarities between the Se culars a nd the ~pirituals? Between the Beculars and the lit erary poetry? Th~d other qu e stions(on Black heroes, cultural motifs, blues themes, langua g e and endurance) will le a d oneWilf through exciting corridors of Black ~ativtty and t ho ught. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Eugene B. Redmond Digital Collection Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EBRWritings_07_25 Title A name given to the resource Draft of Drumvoices: The Mission of Afro-American Poetry: A Critical History, p. 19 and 20, Seculars 7 and 8 Relation A related resource Eugene B. Redmond Digital Collection Language A language of the resource English Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource For digital rights and permissions, see <a href="https://www.siue.edu/lovejoy-library/about/policies.shtml">https://www.siue.edu/lovejoy-library/about/policies.shtml</a> or contact <a href="mailto:library@siue.edu">library@siue.edu</a> for direct inquiries. In copyright. <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Redmond, Eugene B.