TY  - JOUR
TI  - Johnson’s Artistic Resistance to British Brutality: “Inglan Is a Bitch” and “Sonny’s Lettah”
AB  - As a Jamaican poet, Linton Kwesi Johnson is the forerunner of dub poetry that combines words with the reggae rhythm. Johnson establishes a postcolonial discourse of his own and uses his dub poetry to fight against the dominant Western discourse. His poetry tells real stories from a black immigrant’s life by using Creole English and the rhythmic music of Jamaican culture. Thus, his poetry voices the real immigrant experience in Britain in a highly dramatic way. This article focuses on two important poems by Johnson; “Inglan Is a Bitch” and “Sonnah’s Lettah”. In both poems, Johnson subverts English language, and thus shows his resistance to the colonial power in the level of language. Besides, both of his poems have the same political concern of revealing the British discrimination against black people. In this respect, Johnson’s poetry is surely his artistic tool against racism and serves to his political activism.
AU  - Kangüleç Coşkun, Kübra
PY  - 2019
JO  - Ahi Evran Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
SN  - 2149-0767
SP  - 151
EP  - 158
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/364635
ER  -