As one of Langston Hughes' best stories,the short story Early Autumn gives a vivid account of the unexpected meeting between two lovers years after they part and reveals the theme of the character's emotional ...As one of Langston Hughes' best stories,the short story Early Autumn gives a vivid account of the unexpected meeting between two lovers years after they part and reveals the theme of the character's emotional undercurrents beneath the calm surface.This paper intends to explore Hughes' unique writing skills in this short story from the respects of brief narration,dialogue technique and setting description.展开更多
Short story is an an exquisite works of art in American traditional literature and Langston Hughes was one of the brightest stars in the night sky.Early autumn is the showcase of masterpiece of Langston Hughes.The wor...Short story is an an exquisite works of art in American traditional literature and Langston Hughes was one of the brightest stars in the night sky.Early autumn is the showcase of masterpiece of Langston Hughes.The work is the representative of real distill.It is a sad short story.After first contacted with it,the reflection of tragic elements on it made the author think deeply.Life is full of ups and downs.The lost love can not come back..A strong sense of frustration sometimes forms a kind of beauty and it is one part of our real life.The reason of frustration sometimes comes from unimportant reasons and things which hinder a happy ending,so the interpersonal communication can give the power and overcome it.展开更多
Jesse B.Semple,the protagonist in Langston Hughes’s Simple stories is replete with humor.A close examination of the characterization of Simple,some common humorous features can be found.One essential humorous techniq...Jesse B.Semple,the protagonist in Langston Hughes’s Simple stories is replete with humor.A close examination of the characterization of Simple,some common humorous features can be found.One essential humorous technique is cracker-barrel philosophy.Focusing on several stories in Simple Speaks His Mind,this paper analyzes Hughes’s humorous characterization of Simple as a cracker-barrel philosopher.展开更多
Hughes's inheritance of literal language rooted in spiritual places constitutes important aspect of Hughes's parody of African American literary tradition.Three categories of themes about spiritual places of A...Hughes's inheritance of literal language rooted in spiritual places constitutes important aspect of Hughes's parody of African American literary tradition.Three categories of themes about spiritual places of African American literary tradition were discussed in this essay to show better understanding of Hughes's poems from Signifying perspective.展开更多
The paper makes a brief introduction of Langston Hughes and his works, and takes one of his short stories—Early Autumn, as an example to illustrate his writing style of realism—to show Hughes is an excellent and ver...The paper makes a brief introduction of Langston Hughes and his works, and takes one of his short stories—Early Autumn, as an example to illustrate his writing style of realism—to show Hughes is an excellent and versatile writer.展开更多
In Ezra Pound's Pisan Cantos,Pound mourns the unjust execution of Louis Till,Emmett Till's father.This essay argues that the unusually sympathetic representation of Till in the poem was made possible by Pound&...In Ezra Pound's Pisan Cantos,Pound mourns the unjust execution of Louis Till,Emmett Till's father.This essay argues that the unusually sympathetic representation of Till in the poem was made possible by Pound's engagement with the ideas of activists for black liberation like Nancy Cunard and Langston Hughes;hence Pound,an avowed fascist,ultimately voices a critique of the“racial fascism”of the United States typical of discourses of black anti-imperialism.The essay concludes with exploring the antinomical racial logic of the Pisan Cantos,for which black political radicalism-the“Black Leninism”of Langston Hughes in particular-is revealed to be a constitutive,but repressed,ideological interlocutor.展开更多
文摘As one of Langston Hughes' best stories,the short story Early Autumn gives a vivid account of the unexpected meeting between two lovers years after they part and reveals the theme of the character's emotional undercurrents beneath the calm surface.This paper intends to explore Hughes' unique writing skills in this short story from the respects of brief narration,dialogue technique and setting description.
文摘Short story is an an exquisite works of art in American traditional literature and Langston Hughes was one of the brightest stars in the night sky.Early autumn is the showcase of masterpiece of Langston Hughes.The work is the representative of real distill.It is a sad short story.After first contacted with it,the reflection of tragic elements on it made the author think deeply.Life is full of ups and downs.The lost love can not come back..A strong sense of frustration sometimes forms a kind of beauty and it is one part of our real life.The reason of frustration sometimes comes from unimportant reasons and things which hinder a happy ending,so the interpersonal communication can give the power and overcome it.
文摘Jesse B.Semple,the protagonist in Langston Hughes’s Simple stories is replete with humor.A close examination of the characterization of Simple,some common humorous features can be found.One essential humorous technique is cracker-barrel philosophy.Focusing on several stories in Simple Speaks His Mind,this paper analyzes Hughes’s humorous characterization of Simple as a cracker-barrel philosopher.
文摘Hughes's inheritance of literal language rooted in spiritual places constitutes important aspect of Hughes's parody of African American literary tradition.Three categories of themes about spiritual places of African American literary tradition were discussed in this essay to show better understanding of Hughes's poems from Signifying perspective.
文摘The paper makes a brief introduction of Langston Hughes and his works, and takes one of his short stories—Early Autumn, as an example to illustrate his writing style of realism—to show Hughes is an excellent and versatile writer.
文摘In Ezra Pound's Pisan Cantos,Pound mourns the unjust execution of Louis Till,Emmett Till's father.This essay argues that the unusually sympathetic representation of Till in the poem was made possible by Pound's engagement with the ideas of activists for black liberation like Nancy Cunard and Langston Hughes;hence Pound,an avowed fascist,ultimately voices a critique of the“racial fascism”of the United States typical of discourses of black anti-imperialism.The essay concludes with exploring the antinomical racial logic of the Pisan Cantos,for which black political radicalism-the“Black Leninism”of Langston Hughes in particular-is revealed to be a constitutive,but repressed,ideological interlocutor.
