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Which author relied on complex characters and dialect to overturn American stereotypes about Southern African Americans ?
Correct answer: C. Charles Chesnutt
- A. William Wells Brown
- B. Richard Wright
- C. Charles Chesnutt
- D. Booker T. Washington
Explanation
Charles Chesnutt used psychologically developed characters and realistic African American dialect to challenge the stereotyped figures common in earlier American writing. His fiction therefore complicates conventional images of the South.
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