THE DRAMATIZATION OF RACISM AND SLAVERY IN LEROI JONES’S DUTCHMAN

This paper takes an overview of African-American’s experiences in America. It is a fact that racism and slavery are the major issues in African-American literature. It is against this background, that this paper attempts to make readers realize the thematic pre-occupation in LeRoi Jones’s Dutchman by analyzing the concept of slavery and racial segregation in African-Americans. Also, it examines the historical perspective of African-American writing narrative, and the effects of racism and slavery, which include: loss of identity, oppression, assault, poverty, injustice, amongst others, and the... Mehr ...