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Selected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: A Burkeian Analysis

In this study, Kenneth Burke's methods of dramatistic analysis is applied to the selected poetry of Nikki Giovanni, a Black contemporary female poet. The procedure, analysis of poetry for symbolic action, is a functional approach which focuses on the poetic language, Agency. The thesis, divided into four chapters, concentrates on discovery of the Purpose, a Black female motive, for the Act, Giovanni's poetry, in the Scene, contemporary Black America.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc279254
Date08 1900
CreatorsTobola, Carolyn
ContributorsStupp, Vicki O., Rollins, Forrest L.
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Format2, iii, 96 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved., Tobola, Carolyn

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