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| Article Name : | | | TREATMENT OF DREAM THEME IN LANGSTON HUGHES POETRY | | Author Name : | | | SANTOSHKUMAR.M. PATIL | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-2057 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | “Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before” Edgar Allen Poe Langston Hughes is one of the most legendary names in the history of modern American and African-American literature. He was also called as an innovator of the new literary form i.e Jazz Poetry. Hughes is also known for his work during the movement of 'HarlemRenaissance'. During this period, black literature began to rise in New York City. The Harlem Renaissance was “a state of mind rather than a concrete movement or even a creative community.” (Cary. D.Wintz:1988). As an important literary artist and a prominent African American Voice of the 20th century during 1930 his work reflected inner voice and deep anguish of the migrated black people of the American society. He advocated tirelessly for civil rights, and he was a powerful voice in the black community at a time of rampant racism and injustice. His poetry is marked with the deferred Dream of black people. He treated dream theme very expertly in his poetry. Therefore his poetry is echoed with the word 'Dream'. The dream replicated in Hughes poetry is the mainly a dream of Negro people. | | Keywords : | | |
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