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Comparative Examination of Motifs and the Representation of Identies in Selected Works of Kamau Brathwaite and Helene Johnson

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  • Adetunji Adelokun

    (Skyline University Nigeria, Nigeria)

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This paper is an attempt to consider the deployment of literary motifs to discuss the representation of identities in the selected works of Kamau Brathwaite and Helene Johnson. The analysis was informed by the need to identify the adherence to the preponderant theme of the quest for identity and the representation of identities in American Literary tradition. This study critically appraised and analyzed the development of the African-American and Caribbean literary traditions within the conscious space of displacement and identity renegotiation. The study revealed that the selected and critically pieces of the writers amplify the similarity or uniformity in the sociohistorical experiences of displacement from the root, search for identity and reinstatement of lost values in the enabling milieus of the writers.

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  • Adetunji Adelokun, 2021. "Comparative Examination of Motifs and the Representation of Identies in Selected Works of Kamau Brathwaite and Helene Johnson," International Journal of Literature Studies, Al-Kindi Center for Research and Development, vol. 1(1), pages 33-42, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:alk:ijls00:v:1:y:2021:i:1:id:1920
    DOI: 10.32996/ijts.2021.1.1.5
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