GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) English (XH-C2) Multi-Genre Literatures in English-Poetry Study Material (Page 60 of 61)

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Diasporic Poetry

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Introduction

  • The word diaspora is derived from joining the Greek word dia and the infinitive speirein to mean to spread, to scatter or to disperse.
  • The etymological meaning of the word makes it a term to describe scattered or dispersed people across the globe.
  • The popularization of the term within African Studies led to its boosted usage in various disciplines of the Humanities.
  • Since the 1980s, scholars in disciplines such as anthropology, linguistics and of course literature used the term to relate to expatriate ethnic or cultural or religious groups and communities.
  • By a diaspora what is now generall…

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Aborigine Australian Poetry

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Introduction

  • The oral songs of the native Australians were passed from generation to generation without ever being put down in printed formats.
  • The focus has been to unearth these songs, not to determine their literary value, but rather their importance in the field of social anthropology.
  • Later came a period when the songs of the convicts and the ballads of the people settled as farmers and cattle owners, known as the bushmen, were incorporated to what is called literature of Australia. As a result of changes, Australian bush poetry was born.
  • The British settlers brought with them the English way of life and values and the literature of Australia started sufferin…

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