TheRevolutionaryDiscourseinFreneauand Zakaria’s Selected Poems
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2019-07-15
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Thepresentthesisjuxtaposestwopoets,PhilipFreneaufromtheUSAandMoufdiZakaria fromAlgeria,whosepoemsillustratewhatis widelyknownasliteratureoftherevolution.In thisresearch,theoverallpurposeistopinpointandunmasktheliteraryfunctionofthe variousideologiesembodiedwithintheselectedpoems,andtodeterminethereasonbehind choosingthemasmajorstructuringelements.Toachievethesegoals,thestudyresortstothe CriticalDiscourseAnalysisapproachwhichaimsatexploringcriticallyideological standpointsastheyareexpressedandmanifestedindiscourse.Thisstudyis significantinthe sensethatitattemptsinarelativelygroundbreakingwayto drawclosertwoliteratures- AlgerianandAmerican-whichseemdifferent,but happentohaveseveralthingsincommon. Afterinvestigation,ithasbeenrevealedthatnature,politics,andreligionareeffectivelyused asideologicalmeansforliberatingthealienated,oppressedindividualsfromtheircolonial rulers,andthatwords arenolessimportantthanweaponsinthestruggleforindependence.
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Keyterms:Literature,revolution,ideologies,criticaldiscourse,independence