A link between the novels; The Marrow of Tradition by Charles Chesnutt and Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain.
Ex-For instance, you might want to say something like: A look at the novels x and y reveal a shifting understanding of the relationship between the individual and community across the nineteenth-century novel. Or perhaps you want to say something like: The novels x and y use such-and-such symbolism, suggesting that American authors are concerned about such-and-such.