The Interplay of Theme and Technique: A Critical Reading of ‎Langston Hughes’ ‘Democracy’‎

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نوع المستند : بحوث علمية محکمة

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كلية الآداب جامعة الوادي الجديد

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This paper aims to explore how Langston Hughes employs his poetic ‎techniques to reflect the themes he handles in his poem ‘Democracy’, from the ‎One-Way Ticket collection. The paper opens with an introduction about the ‎literary significance of Langston Hughes as an influential writer whose works ‎remarkably enrich African American literature. For The theoretical framework of ‎the paper, the researcher provides an insight into the historical context of slavery, ‎racial oppression, and segregation in the United States, showing how such ‎pervasive issues cast their long shadow over the poem. The analytical approach ‎is utilized in a way that permits a precise examination of the poem’s stanzas and ‎lines, together with detecting the technical devices used by the poet. The part of ‎the paper dedicated to discussion highlights the interplay of theme and ‎technique, taking the reader gradually into observing how Hughes conveys the ‎ideas, messages, and feelings he poses in the poem via the use of highly ‎expressive technical devices. Following a detailed discussion and analysis of the ‎thematic and technical elements in ‘Democracy’, the researcher presents his ‎conclusions, highlighting Hughes’ crafty use of stylistic and technical devices to ‎convey the urgent need of Black Americans for freedom and democracy, to save ‎them from the racial oppression and segregation they encounter in American ‎society.‎

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استمارة إلكترونية متاحة 12 January 2025

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