DESIRE, DEJECTION, AND ANGER: A STUDY ON THE SELECTED SONNETS OF LANGSTON HUGHES

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P. PRASHANNA, Dr. K. RAJARAMAN

Abstract

Freedom and love are two basic needs of human beings, but these two were kept unattainable to black people for centuries. 


With the series of movements, black people fought for their rights through their writings. Harlem Renaissance brings a social awakening and it is an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, and politic. This movement was also called as New Negro Movement, named after The New Negro an anthology edited by Alain Lock in 1925. Among the Black writers of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes holds a special place. The simple language of his works influences more people than any other writer’s works did. Langston Hughes adopted the traditional form of European poetry and adapted it to express his grief. This article is an attempt to explicate the emotional influences of the author to support the movement through his writings. Desire, dejection, and anger are three dominant emotions that are interconnected and repeated in a cycle in the works of Langston Hughes. These dominant emotions are exposed along with hidden emotions.

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