Audre Lorde's Who Said It Was Simple Characterized as a Confessional Mode

Authors

  • Issa Radhi Hummadi University of Misan, College of Basic Education, Department of English Language, Misan, Iraq.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36586/jcl.2.2020.0.42.0257

Keywords:

racism, sexism, retrospective truth, tribulation, confessional poetry

Abstract

The research explores the confessional aspect in Audre Lorde's poem" Who Said It Was Simple ". Lorde depicts her personality under the stress of race, sex and sexuality. She discloses her own bitter experience concerning racism, sexism and sexuality in her poem to revive the retrospective truth of the Afro-Americans' life in the USA. This publicly manifestation of her personality and tribulation throughthe language ofpoetry has been regarded as the hallmark of confessional poetry.

Author Biography

  • Issa Radhi Hummadi, University of Misan, College of Basic Education, Department of English Language, Misan, Iraq.

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Published

2020-06-01

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Department of English language

How to Cite

Audre Lorde’s Who Said It Was Simple Characterized as a Confessional Mode. (2020). Journal of the College of Languages (JCL), 42, 257-265. https://doi.org/10.36586/jcl.2.2020.0.42.0257

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