Negritude was a black literary and cultural movement that spanned the 1930s to 1950s. These views inspired people in the Negritude movement to emphasize positive African qualities such as emotional warmth, closeness to nature, and reverence for ancestors.

Négritude is a cultural movement launched in 1930s Paris by French-speaking black graduate students from France’s colonies in Africa and the Caribbean territories. The Négritude movement signaled an awakening of race consciousness for blacks in Africa and the African Diaspora.

Negritude, French Négritude, literary movement of the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s that began among French-speaking African and Caribbean writers living in Paris as a protest against French colonial rule and the policy of assimilation.

Poetic devices in Leopold Senghor’s poem“Black Woman” include repetition, extended metaphor, personification, simile, imagery, caesura, and allusion. The poet uses a Black woman’s body as an extended metaphor to represent Africa. She personifies Africa’s land and culture.

1 : a consciousness of and pride in the cultural and physical aspects of African heritage. 2 : the state or condition of being a Black person.

A chant (from French chanter, from Latin cantare, “to sing”) is the iterative speaking or singing of words or sounds, often primarily on one or two main pitches called reciting tones. Chant may be considered speech, music, or a heightened or stylized form of speech.

In writing, prose refers to any written work that follows a basic grammatical structure (think words and phrases arranged into sentences and paragraphs). Prose simply means language that follows the natural patterns found in everyday speech.৮ নভেম্বর, ২০২০

Introduce the “WHAT” (thesis/ theme) of the essay. Support the theme/ thesis with literary elements- (imagery, personification, symbols…) the prose, weaved seamlessly into the body paragraph. Explain how the examples relate to the “WHAT” in detail.

Poetic devices are a form of literary device used in poetry. A poem is created out of poetic devices composite of: structural, grammatical, rhythmic, metrical, verbal, and visual elements. They are essential tools that a poet uses to create rhythm, enhance a poem’s meaning, or intensify a mood or feeling.

22 Different Types of Literary Devices and How to Use Them

• Allegory. Allegory is a literary device used to express large, complex ideas in an approachable manner.
• Allusion.
• Anachronism.
• Cliffhanger.
• Dramatic Irony.
• Extended Metaphor.
• Foreshadowing.
• Humor.

Foreshadowing is a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. Foreshadowing often appears at the beginning of a story, or a chapter, and it helps the reader develop expectations about the upcoming events. A writer may implement foreshadowing in many different ways.

For example, plot, theme, character and tone are literary elements, whereas figurative language, irony, or foreshadowing would be considered literary techniques. …

The definition of irony as a literary device is a situation in which there is a contrast between expectation and reality. For example, the difference between what something appears to mean versus its literal meaning. Irony is associated with both tragedy and humor.৮ নভেম্বর, ২০২০