نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسنده
استادیار زبان و ادبیات فارسی دانشگاه دامغان
چکیده
کلیدواژهها
عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسنده [English]
This study analyzes the poem Still I Rise by Maya Angelou, the African-American poet, focusing on rhetorical and structural elements in representing themes of resistance and identity reconstruction. The theoretical framework integrates postcolonial criticism and genetic structuralism, seeking to uncover the relationship between language, power, and emancipatory discourse. Using a qualitative and interpretive method, the research proceeds through a three-stage process involving close reading and both intratextual and intertextual interpretation. The stages include: identifying key themes such as resistance, identity, and hope; examining postcolonial components like the rejection of othering, linguistic decolonization, and the recovery of historical voice; and analyzing the poem’s internal structures—rhythm, refrain, and rhyme—in relation to its sociohistorical context.
This research emphasizes the link between form and content, aiming to show how Angelou’s poem, as cultural discourse, elevates resistance from individual experience to historical and collective consciousness. The findings reveal that through repetition, metaphor, imagery, and simile, Angelou reconstructs a dynamic and liberatory identity, repositioning the Black female subject from a passive figure to a culturally empowered agent. The recurring refrain “I rise” is not merely a poetic expression of personal resilience but resonates as a collective historical voice echoing through the memory of colonialism and racial injustice.
Ultimately, Still I Rise transcends literary expression and emerges as a cultural and political manifesto in which literature serves as a tool for redefining power, identity, and agency.
کلیدواژهها [English]
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