The city may be just, and humankind be kind : departures and homecomings in Derek Walcott’s poetry
Other Title(s)
قد تكون المدينة عادلة و البشرية هي الطيبة : المغادرون و العائدون في شعر ديريك و الكوت
Author
Source
Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences
Issue
Vol. 3, Issue (s) مؤت (31 Dec. 2018), pp.115-122, 8 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad College of Education for Human Science / Ibn Rushd
Publication Date
2018-12-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Critics have frequently addressed the theme of betrayal that runs throughoutDerek Walcott‘s poetry due to leaving St.
Lucia, the island where he was born.
Walcott‘s poetrypresentsconfused characters, divided between their desire forreturning home and the temperament for travelling and adventure.Thisstudy questions the role ofthe socio-political conditionsof the post-independence Caribbean in motivating artists to live abroad.
The Caribbean gained independence in the beginning of the 1960s, and confrontedserioustrialsto become a nation throughout the 1970s.
Thecritiqueexamines Walcott‘sdirect attack on the Caribbean cultureinsome of his most important poems, where the persona is either visiting or leaving his native island.He is a quester who mirrorsthe poet‘sanger at the people‘s difficulties, political corruption, social climbing, and discrimination based on class and colour.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sulayman, Maha Qahtan. 2018. The city may be just, and humankind be kind : departures and homecomings in Derek Walcott’s poetry. Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences،Vol. 3, no. (s) مؤت, pp.115-122.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-837227
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sulayman, Maha Qahtan. The city may be just, and humankind be kind : departures and homecomings in Derek Walcott’s poetry. Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences Vol. 3, Special Issue (2018), pp.115-122.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-837227
American Medical Association (AMA)
Sulayman, Maha Qahtan. The city may be just, and humankind be kind : departures and homecomings in Derek Walcott’s poetry. Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences. 2018. Vol. 3, no. (s) مؤت, pp.115-122.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-837227
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 122
Record ID
BIM-837227