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A Vindication of Vernacular: Bennett, Goodison, Hippolyte, and Walcott
- Author(s):
- Doris Hambuch (see profile)
- Date:
- 2014
- Group(s):
- CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century, GS Poetry and Poetics
- Subject(s):
- Poetry, Poetics, Creative writing, Caribbean Area
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Derek Walcott, Lorna Goodison, Kendel Hippolyte, Louise Bennett, Poetic form, Caribbean
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6Q814R66
- Abstract:
- This essay identifies four major factors responsible for the use of vernacular in Anglophone Caribbean poetry. Analyses of selected texts by Lorna Goodison, Louise Bennett, Kendel Hippolyte, and DerekWalcott illustrate that these four factors include the representation of working class characters, subversive protests against the imposition of European languages, a creative reflection of the region’s transculturation, along with the tribute to oral tradition and folklore.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 5 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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