Open AccessRaising Awareness in Five Poems by Kamala Das
Author(s) -
Chairunnisa Maulana Fitrah,
An Fauziah Rozani Syafei
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
english language and literature
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2302-3546
DOI - 10.24036/ell.v8i3.105651
Subject(s) - raising (metalworking) , poetry , irony , symbol (formal) , literature , repetition (rhetorical device) , art , sociology , philosophy , linguistics , engineering , mechanical engineering
This article is about the analysis of the five poems by Kamala Das entitled An Introduction, The Looking Glass, The Sunshine Cat, The Old Playhouse and The Suicide, these poems are analyzed by combining the elements of poetry; symbol, irony, and repetition which contribute to revealing the raising awareness. The analysis is based on the concept of Feminist Literary approach by Julia Kristeva and The concept of Self-awareness from Crisp & Turner.