International Journal of Arts and Humanities
Submit Paper

Title:
ANALYZING THE RHETORIC OF LANGUAGE IN AUGUST WILSON'S "FENCES"

Authors:
S. Sharma

Volume:3 Issue: 9

|| ||

S. Sharma
Pokhara University, Nepal

MLA 8
Sharma, S. "ANALYZING THE RHETORIC OF LANGUAGE IN AUGUST WILSON'S "FENCES"." Int. J. Arts&Humanities, vol. 3, no. 9, Sept. 2019, pp. 370-375, journal-ijah.org/more2019.php?id=28. Accessed Sept. 2019.
APA
Sharma, S. (2019, September). ANALYZING THE RHETORIC OF LANGUAGE IN AUGUST WILSON'S "FENCES". Int. J. Arts&Humanities, 3(9), 370-375. Retrieved from journal-ijah.org/more2019.php?id=28
Chicago
Sharma, S. "ANALYZING THE RHETORIC OF LANGUAGE IN AUGUST WILSON'S "FENCES"." Int. J. Arts&Humanities 3, no. 9 (September 2019), 370-375. Accessed September, 2019. journal-ijah.org/more2019.php?id=28.

References
[1]. Bhusal, A. et. al. (2018). Multilingual students in writing classes: A guide for teaching and learning . http://guidingmultilingualwriters.org/ Web. Accessed May 18, 2019.
[2]. Bhusal, A. (2017). The rhetoric of racism and anti-miscegenation laws in the United States. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 4(2), 83-89. https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.2.07
[3]. Bhusal, A. (2019). The rhetoric of racism in society. Journal of Research Innovation, 9(1), 111- 114.
[4]. Bhusal, A. (2017). Emphasizing the suppression of feminist voices. International Journal of Humanities and Cultural Studies (IJHCS), 4(2), 53-57.
[5]. Bhusal, A. (2019). Addressing FYC instructors' lack of technological expertise in implementing multimodal assignments. In Marginalia in Modern Learning Contexts (pp. 166-186). IGI Global.
[6]. Lohani, S. (2019). Constructing nontraditional rhetoric: Critical study on Gloria Anzaldua and Suresh Canagarajah. Journal of Research Innovation, 9(1).
[7]. Lohani, S. (2019). The history of multimodal composition, its implementation, and challenges. The Criterion: An International Journal in English, 10(1).
[8]. Lohani et al. (2015). Scholars' social studies and creative arts series for primary level students, approved by Curriculum Development Centre Nepal, Kathmandu: Scholars Publications and Printing Pvt. Ltd
[9]. Lohani, S. (2016). LGBTI in Nepal, Pakistan, and India: Law, religion, and individuals. MPhil Thesis, Department of English, Pokhara University, Nepal.
[10]. Wilson, A. (2016). Fences, 6. Penguin.

Keywords:
Critical race theory, feminism, language, translingualism

Abstract:
The use of emotive language whether in the form of metaphoric language, songs or poems also adds to the wealth of the language in Wilson's "Fences." This has also acted as a means of salvation amongst the black Americans. These provide some solace to the depressed African Americans that are yet to entertain rights which the Whites have been enjoying. Although this may not be directly stated, the songs entail true callings of African Americans who are yearning for a life which offers them more hopes and dreams but the songs also have a certain tone of acceptance. Critical race theory, translingualism and feminism give us frameworks for analyzing the use of language critically.

Download Full Text