discriminationeandeinjusticeeagainsteblackepeople.eBPMerecruitedeblackeyouthsetoe joine thee Panthere Youthe Leaguee wheree theye weree taughte toe defende themselvese
intellectuallyeandephysicallyeagainsteinjusticeeandeoppression.eByedoingesoeBPMe wase tryinge toe givee ae sensee ofe pridee amonge blacke youths.e LKJe himselfe wase ae
membereofeBPM.e Ase ae blacke persone growinge upe ine Englande LKJe hade toe deale withe raciale
oppression.e Subjectede toe suche hardshipe madee LKJe decidede toe joine thee Blacke PanthereMovementeine1970ePryce,e2009.eAseaemembereofeYoutheSectioneinethee
Blacke Panthere Movement,e LKJe wase activelye involvede ine thee studye ofe Blacke History,e Politicse ande Culture.e Ite wase duringe hise involvemente withe thee Blacke
Panthere Movemente thate LKJe discoverede Blacke Literature.e Hee reade ae booke bye W.E.BeDuboisecalledeTheeSouleofeBlackeFolkeandediscoverede“...theeproblemeofe
thee20thecenturyebeingetheeproblemeofetheecoloreline”eandealsoeheecouldeidentifiede withe hise owne experiencee growinge upe ine Englande “...thee shadowe ofe thee veile thate
hungeovereblackelives”eLolley,e2002.eLKJethenewaseinspiredetoewriteepoetry.e e
E. Theoretical Framework
Inethisethesis,eIeusedesomeetheoriesewhicheareehelpfuletoeansweretheeproblemse formulatedeinetheefirstechapter.eTheyeareetheoryeofeliteraryeelementseandetheoryeofe
racism.eIeusedetheoryeofeimageryetoeanalyzeehowetheeimageseareepresentedeinethee poem.eByeusingetheetheoryeoferacismeIewantetoeanalyzeehowetheesubordinateegroupee
reactse towardse racism.e Thee theorye ofe Natione Languagee ande thee theorye ofe ambivalencee aree usede toe analyzee howe thee resistancee ise reflectede throughe thee
imagerieseinetheepoem.e
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A. Object of the Study
TheeobjectseofethisestudyeareetwoepoemsebyeLintoneKwesieJohnsoneentitlede “InglaneiseaeBitch”.eThisepoem,eandealleotherepoemsebyeLKJ,ebelongsetoedubepoetrye
genre.e Ite ise ae forme ofe performancee poetrye ofe Weste Indiese origin,e ae kinde ofe orale poetryeperformedetoetheeaccompanimenteofereggaeemusic.e
Thee poeme “Inglane ise ae Bitch”e usede ine thise researche ise takene frome LKJ’se albume releasede bye Islande Records.e “Inglane ise ae Bitch”e ise takene frome hise albume
Bass Culturee releasede ine 1980.e “Inglane ise ae Bitch”e ise onee ofe thee poemse whiche appeare ine hise booke Mi Revalueshanary Frene publishede bye Penguine Classice ine
2002.eIne“InglaneiseaeBitch”eJohnsoneusedetheepersonaeofeaneagingeimmigrant.eIne thisepoem,etheespeakeredescribeseaelisteofepoorlyepaidejobseheehasetoedoeineorderetoe
surviveeineLondon.eHere,eLKJeraisedetheeissueeofelaboreexploitationeandeisolatione ofe blacke peoplee ase thee poem’se theme.e Thise poeme ise ae testimonye toe thee
disillusionmenteandeangereofetheeblackeimmigrants’eexperienceeineLondon.eInethise poemeLKJemostlyeusedeliteraledescriptionetoecreateetheeimagery.e
B. Approach of the Study
Ine ordere toe producee ae goode analysise ofe ae literarye worke onee ore moree approacheseareeneeded,eforeexamplesetheeformalisticeapproach,etheepsychologicale
approach,etheesociologicaleapproach,etheegendereapproach,epost-colonialeapproach,e etc.e “Inglane ise ae Bitch”e ise ae poeme dealinge withe thee strugglee ofe ae Caribbeane
immigranteineLondon.eThus,etoeunderstandehoweresistanceeworkseinethisepoemeisetoe seeeiteinepostcolonialeperspective.e
Postcoloniale approache dealse withe thee issuese like:e slavery,e race,e gender,e place,eoppression,erepresentation,eanderesponseetoetheeimperialeEuropeediscoursese
suche ase linguistics,e history,e ande philosophy.e Post-colonialisme focusese one thee effectse ande resistancee ofe colonizede people.e Ine manye ways,e thee subjecte ofe
postcolonialismeiseresistanceeandepostcolonialismeitselfeiseaeprojecteoferesistance.ee PetereBarryedividedefourecharacteristicseofepost-colonialereading.eTheefirsteise
thee awarenesse ofe representationse ofe thee non-Europeane ase exotice ore immorale “Other”.eTheesecondeandetheethirdecharacteristicseareelanguageeandehybrideidentity.e
Thee laste characteristice ise thee stresse one ‘cross-cultural’e interactionse Barry,e 2002:194-196.e “Inglane ise ae Bitch”e ise ae poeme wheree blacke peoplee aree beinge
stereotypede negativelye ande thee languagee usede ise unique.e Therefore,e ite seemse reasonableetoeemployepostcolonialeapproacheinethisestudy.e
C. Method of the Study
