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Type :thesis
Subject :PS American literature
Main Author :Glayl, Mohanad Ghanim
Title :Transformative perspective of black resistance against white hegemony in Richard Wright’s selected texts
Place of Production :Tanjong Malim
Publisher :Fakulti Bahasa dan Komunikasi
Year of Publication :2020
Notes :with CD
Corporate Name :Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
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Abstract : Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
This research focuses on Richard Wight, a contemporary African American writer who has produced novels, short stories, and non-fiction. There are three objectives of this study: 1) to identify how white hegemony over blacks is portrayed based on his texts, 2) to categorize the images of transformative resistance in resisting white hegemony, and, 3) to examine how Richard Wright uses allegory in his literature to present the black resistance against white hegemony. The study employs Bill Ashcroft’s theory of post-colonial to first illustrate the process of hegemony in general between the blacks. Then it progresses to analyze each text highlighting how the writer presents evidence to the ongoing hegemony in his texts. The final step further uses the theory to talk about the resistance and anti-hegemony literature of the writer. The findings show that the transformative resistance is an effective tool for showing to the world, the pains, objections and the resistance of the Black African Americans in particular. Black African Americas writer tries to fight white hegemony through different means. He used both the English language, the language of the oppressor, and African American language to express his feelings. The implication of this study lies in the notion that the understanding of Right’s depiction of the Black African transformative resistance can perhaps be replicated to understand other Black African narratives in this climate of increased border journeys.

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