Postcolonial narration in the greatest romantic work of William Blake's "the little black boy"
Journal Title: Scientific Journal of Review - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 7
Abstract
AbstractWilliam Blake was a great poet, who was born in1757 in London. He had supreme ability in being artist even in his youth. Blake composed "The Little Black Boy" in 1789, when he was 32 years old. In this poem he talks by language of a black boy who suffers from discrimination, existing between black and white skins. The infant black boy listen to his mother words, who infused her belief in God and Life after death to her young sad boy. In this study attempts is made to analyze this poem from Postcolonial studies and find its root and reason which is, according to Postcolonial studies, in imperialism of nineteenth century.
Authors and Affiliations
S. Kamarzadeh| M.A. in English Literature, Islamic Azad University-Arak Branch, Arak, IRAN.
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- DOI 10.14196/sjr.v3i7.1543
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