Revue scientifique de littérature, des langues et des sciences sociales
Auteur.e.s
Mamadou DIAMOUTENE
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Titre de l'article
DECONSTRUCTING BLACK FEMALE MISREPRESENTATION IN MAYA ANGELOU’S I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS
Résumé
This article examines the way Maya Angelou deconstructs the misrepresentation of Black women into American society of the 1940s. In fact, victim of social inequalities exacerbated by racial discrimination, African-American women are reduced to childbearing and to seeing to household chores. The reflection shows how African-American females map their identity by redefining the self in Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In this regard, our theoretical framework is feminism. The qualitative method consists in collecting, analyzing and interpreting the textual elements of the work. Finally, the finding has revealed that Maya Angelou is the image of African-American females. Her achievement connotes the celebration of Black women.
ISSN : 2411-6750
Editeur : UFHB
Périodicité : Semestriel
Domaines : Littérature, Lettres, Langues etc.