The Interplay of Theme and Technique: A Critical Reading of ‎Langston Hughes’ ‘Democracy’‎ | ||
| مجلة کلية الآداب بالوادي الجديد | ||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 12 January 2025 | ||
| Document Type: بØوث علمية Ù…Øکمة | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mkwn.2025.351415.1441 | ||
| Author | ||
| هبه ماهر عطية هاشم* | ||
| كلية الآداب جامعة الوادي الجديد | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This paper aims to explore how Langston Hughes employs his poetic ‎techniques to reflect the themes he handles in his poem ‘Democracy’, from the ‎One-Way Ticket collection. The paper opens with an introduction about the ‎literary significance of Langston Hughes as an influential writer whose works ‎remarkably enrich African American literature. For The theoretical framework of ‎the paper, the researcher provides an insight into the historical context of slavery, ‎racial oppression, and segregation in the United States, showing how such ‎pervasive issues cast their long shadow over the poem. The analytical approach ‎is utilized in a way that permits a precise examination of the poem’s stanzas and ‎lines, together with detecting the technical devices used by the poet. The part of ‎the paper dedicated to discussion highlights the interplay of theme and ‎technique, taking the reader gradually into observing how Hughes conveys the ‎ideas, messages, and feelings he poses in the poem via the use of highly ‎expressive technical devices. Following a detailed discussion and analysis of the ‎thematic and technical elements in ‘Democracy’, the researcher presents his ‎conclusions, highlighting Hughes’ crafty use of stylistic and technical devices to ‎convey the urgent need of Black Americans for freedom and democracy, to save ‎them from the racial oppression and segregation they encounter in American ‎society.‎ | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Langston Hughes; ‘Democracy; ’ theme; technique; African American ‎literature | ||
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