The Forging of Identity in Selected Children’s Poetry by Langston Hughes and Nikki Giovanni
Saaffan, Mai;
Abstract
This thesis exhibits some of the literary efforts exerted in order to
assist in the process of forging the Black identity of Black
children and young adults. It provides an examination of selected
children’s verse by a Black late literary figure: Langston Hughes
(1902-1967), and a contemporary one: Nikki Giovanni (1943- ).
The poems are studied with reference to William Cross’s racial
scale of Black identity development (2000). In the poems under
analysis, Hughes and Giovanni try to help Black children and
young adults to overcome their identity crisis and develop a
positive Black identity.
assist in the process of forging the Black identity of Black
children and young adults. It provides an examination of selected
children’s verse by a Black late literary figure: Langston Hughes
(1902-1967), and a contemporary one: Nikki Giovanni (1943- ).
The poems are studied with reference to William Cross’s racial
scale of Black identity development (2000). In the poems under
analysis, Hughes and Giovanni try to help Black children and
young adults to overcome their identity crisis and develop a
positive Black identity.
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| Title | The Forging of Identity in Selected Children’s Poetry by Langston Hughes and Nikki Giovanni | Authors | Saaffan, Mai | Issue Date | 2014 |
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