Huck and James: Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Percival Everett’s James

Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remains one of the most widely read and studied texts in the American literary canon, as well as the subject of recent reappraisals in light of its problematic language, as well as its treatment of its Black characters and of race in general. Percival Everett’s recent novel, James, offers a strategic and moving retelling of Twain’s story from the perspective of its central Black character, the escaped slave known to Huck as “Jim.” Toni Morrison remarked about Huckleberry Finn that if we can set aside our preconceptions about the book, ‘the novel becomes a more beautifully complicated work.’ In this six week Delve seminar, we will explore Twain’s masterpiece, the way it engages with Everett’s remarkable new novel, and the way both books offer a ‘more beautifully complicated’ picture of America.

Text:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
James by Percivall Everett

This seminar takes place at our new location at 716 SE Grand.

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