Racial Discrimination In African-American: An Intertextual Study Of Maya Angelou’s “Equality†And Langston Hughes’ “Negroâ€

Nazila Nahrotun Nahdia, Idha Nurhamidah

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The aim of this study is to find out the intertextuality of Langston Hughes’ poem "Negro" and Maya Angelou’s "Equality" about Racial Discrimination in the past and the life of African-Americans. This study is intended to depicted of Racial Discrimination which as reflected in Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou's poem. This study employs qualitative research. . There are two types of data The primary data are main source which are taken from the poem of Langston Hughes’ “Negro†and Maya Angelou’s “Equality†.The content such as sentences, stanza, and line as the source can be taken as proof. The secondary data are supporting data which are taken from some data such as international journals, articles, thesis, essays, sites, magazines online related to the theory that used in the topic of the study. The study is going to explain about Racial Discrimination study to draw how the African-American treated unwell, including the social conflict and the descent of the greatest difficulty in Americans culture.  This study interested in the intertextual study of the poems and the kind of discrimination experiences by African-American in USA is describes in their poems.

Key Words: African-Americans, Racial Discrimination, Intertextuality


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