Historical and Linguistic Elements in the Novel of Slavery The Price of a ChildKonec, Cita (Avtor) Gadpaille, Michelle (Mentor) The Price of a Childneo-slave narrativehistorical elementsAfrican American Vernacular EnglishThe paper presents the contemporary novel of slavery written by Lorene Cary, and published in 1995. The novel is based on the actual story of Jane Johnson, an escaped slave, and follows two events from Johnson's life. The Price of a Child includes many other historical facts, mentions several notable people, societies and movements of the antebellum era. The paper begins with the explanation of the term "neo-slave" narrative, and argues for the appropriateness of the term as a classification for The Price of a Child. The setting of the novel, plot summary and analysis of characters is presented prior to the two main sections of the paper, "Historical Elements" and "Linguistic Elements". The paper examines the historical facts in the novel, determines the extent of their historical accuracy, and analyses the literary dialect, which presents several stable features of the African American Vernacular English in direct discourse. [C. Konec]20122012-06-05 11:53:58Diplomsko delo31728sl