العنوان بلغة أخرى: |
Searching for a path to Freedom in Amiri Baraka’s the Slave and August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone |
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المصدر: | مجلة الآداب والعلوم الإنسانية |
الناشر: | جامعة المنيا - كلية الآداب |
المؤلف الرئيسي: | Abdel-Kader, Marwa Ramadan (Author) |
المجلد/العدد: | ع79, مج2 |
محكمة: | نعم |
الدولة: |
مصر |
التاريخ الميلادي: |
2014
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الشهر: | يوليو |
الصفحات: | 223 - 289 |
ISSN: |
1687-2630 |
رقم MD: | 974620 |
نوع المحتوى: | بحوث ومقالات |
اللغة: | الإنجليزية |
قواعد المعلومات: | HumanIndex, AraBase |
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المستخلص: |
The present paper is a comparative thematic study examining liberation strategies in Amiri Baraka's The Slave (1964) and; August Wilson’s Joe Turner's Come and Gone (1988). Both plays refute the myth of America as a symbol of democracy and freedom, a land of egalitarian principles and equal opportunities for everyone, focusing specifically on the social and spiritual alienation of African Americans as a minority in the American society. Reversing the familiar metaphor of the Amen can melting pot, they suggest that America is more precisely a cultural stew in which African 'Americans are the leftovers,” to use Jay Plum’s words (562): The ruling one gets from both works is that of a black man's quest for freedom in an alien racially-charged world that condemns him' to live a bleak life. Despite' these affinities; the liberation strategies :adopted .in these two plays; are' completely different While The Slave suggests that violence is an indispensable, tool- in the fight for freedom Joe Turner’s come and ; Gone. .focuses-, more, on the idea of peaceful struggle, inner freedom and spiritual liberation. The study shows that violence -may be an inevitable aftermath of oppression, but hardly provides a valid path to real freedom. |
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ISSN: |
1687-2630 |