According to Colman McCarthy (1938- ), Resistance Literature “is defined as a cultural movement rejecting an authority or code or convention. Also, he asserted the idea that Resistance Literature is a form of objection towards someone or something through words” (Duncombe 105). While Amy Goodman (1957- ) believes that Resistance Literature” is an umbrella term for many different forms of expression of opposition whether active or passive” (Duncombe 108). Whereas Paul Roget Loeb (1952- ) claims that Resistance Literature “is the effort exerted to put an end to or to fight against someone or something struggle for national liberation and independence, particularly in the 20th Century, on the part of colonized peoples in those areas
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First, in the field of poetry, Festus Claudius “Claude” McKay (1889-1972) a key figure at that period, published his great sonnet “if we must die” which was a great success although it never alluded to neither racism nor suffering “Black poets of the Harlem Renaissance relied heavily upon traditional rhetorical devices, specifically irony and paradox” (Reid12). Most of his writings included some philosophical concepts so as to address the mentality of the Blacks which he thought that it was central for them when it came to coping with racism. Hughes (1902-1967) wrote a poem called “merry Christmas” which discarded the idea of racism and leveled a severe criticism on Christianity. He demonstrated religion as a symbol of good and yet a source of oppression by using the technique of irony. In 1917, Hubert Hennery Harrison (1883-1927), the father of this movement, established the Liberty League and the Voice, a newspaper for the Black movement. An article called “the Catholic church and the negro priest” was published demonstrating the obstacles faced by Black priests in Catholic churches. The article shows how the Whites excluded the Blacks from occupying higher positions even in …show more content…
A critic named James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) believed that these plays were the most important single events in the history of the Blacks. These plays called for rejecting stereo typing. He depicts the comic as well as the tragic aspects of the African-American experience at different decades “New Negro writers wanted to stress both their blackness and their Americanism” (Hutchinson1). One of the most successful plays at that time was Mulatto by Hughes which was adapted from the short story Father and Son. It narrates the story of a father who refuses to acknowledge his sons because they were black. Another masterpiece called Harlem was written by Wallace Hennery Thurman (1902-1934). It portrayed the character of a black person from the perspective of the Whites. Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880-1966) also wrote many plays focusing on folk experience, and racial oppression such as Fast and Furious, and The Great Day. August Wilson (1945-2005), an American playwright, who wrote many dramas including the masterpiece called The Piano Lesson in the 1930s for which he received a Pulitzer
First, in the field of poetry, Festus Claudius “Claude” McKay (1889-1972) a key figure at that period, published his great sonnet “if we must die” which was a great success although it never alluded to neither racism nor suffering “Black poets of the Harlem Renaissance relied heavily upon traditional rhetorical devices, specifically irony and paradox” (Reid12). Most of his writings included some philosophical concepts so as to address the mentality of the Blacks which he thought that it was central for them when it came to coping with racism. Hughes (1902-1967) wrote a poem called “merry Christmas” which discarded the idea of racism and leveled a severe criticism on Christianity. He demonstrated religion as a symbol of good and yet a source of oppression by using the technique of irony. In 1917, Hubert Hennery Harrison (1883-1927), the father of this movement, established the Liberty League and the Voice, a newspaper for the Black movement. An article called “the Catholic church and the negro priest” was published demonstrating the obstacles faced by Black priests in Catholic churches. The article shows how the Whites excluded the Blacks from occupying higher positions even in …show more content…
A critic named James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) believed that these plays were the most important single events in the history of the Blacks. These plays called for rejecting stereo typing. He depicts the comic as well as the tragic aspects of the African-American experience at different decades “New Negro writers wanted to stress both their blackness and their Americanism” (Hutchinson1). One of the most successful plays at that time was Mulatto by Hughes which was adapted from the short story Father and Son. It narrates the story of a father who refuses to acknowledge his sons because they were black. Another masterpiece called Harlem was written by Wallace Hennery Thurman (1902-1934). It portrayed the character of a black person from the perspective of the Whites. Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880-1966) also wrote many plays focusing on folk experience, and racial oppression such as Fast and Furious, and The Great Day. August Wilson (1945-2005), an American playwright, who wrote many dramas including the masterpiece called The Piano Lesson in the 1930s for which he received a Pulitzer