THE ARTISTRY OF GLORIA NAYLOR AS REFLECTED IN HER SELECT NOVELS

This book deals with the Artistry of the well known African-American modern woman novelist namely Gloria Naylor. Her first novel The Women of Brewster Place which was awarded as Best First Novel for American Book Award of 1982. Gloria Naylor ranks among writers like William Faulkner who popularized social issues including slavery that many American writers may not prefer to talk about. Naylor was very unapologetic in writing about racial and class discrimination gender issues racism modernism naturalism sexuality and urbanization. Through her characters she showed how a black person could recreate real life images and stories.