Open AccessAnalisis terhadap Dua Puisi Penyair Amerika Claude McKay: Penelusuran SelukBeluk Kekuasaan Ras
Author(s) -
Gindho Rizano
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal polingua: scientific journal of linguistic literatura and education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2252-4797
DOI - 10.30630/polingua.v3i1.11
Subject(s) - poetry , criticism , racism , politics , marxist philosophy , postcolonialism (international relations) , hegemony , literature , art , religious studies , sociology , gender studies , philosophy , law , political science
This article discusses two representative poems by a famous African-American writer, Claude Mckay. It seeks to interpretthe poems, “If We Must Die” and “Enslaved”, which both explore the issues racism and mental slavery, in the light of politicalapproaches such as Marxist criticism and postcolonialism. The main findings of this article are: 1) that racism and violence that itentails are rooted in class conflict and 2) that McKay’s poems can be seen as a counter-hegemony of the ethnocentricity of whiteculture. Generally, it is hoped that this writing can promote historical and political readings of minority poets like Claude McKay.