Research Article
Critique of French Colonialism in Poem Neigesur Paris (1945)by Léopold Sedar Senghor
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.2-11-2019.2294870, author={Azkiya Nisa and Diah Kartini Lasman}, title={Critique of French Colonialism in Poem Neigesur Paris (1945)by L\^{e}opold Sedar Senghor}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st Conference of Visual Art, Design, and Social Humanities by Faculty of Art and Design, CONVASH 2019, 2 November 2019, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={CONVASH}, year={2020}, month={8}, keywords={post-colonialism subaltern n\^{e}gritude civilization}, doi={10.4108/eai.2-11-2019.2294870} }- Azkiya Nisa
Diah Kartini Lasman
Year: 2020
Critique of French Colonialism in Poem Neigesur Paris (1945)by Léopold Sedar Senghor
CONVASH
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.2-11-2019.2294870
Abstract
French colonialism is one of the important issues in African history. Léopold Sedar Senghor, the founder of the Négritude movement, expressed resistance through his works, one of which was the poem, Neigesur Paris(1945), against slavery, oppression, and inferiority carried out by the French.This article discusses criticism of French colonialism in the poem Neigesur Paris(1945) by Léopold Sedar Senghor. This research is a qualitative study using a postcolonial approach with Sub-altern theory written by GayatriSpivak, Négritude by Léopold Sédar Senghor, and also a structural approach.The findings of this article are criticism towards the construction of French civilization in the postwar period. The critique states that the pardon expressed by the Poet against the French people for the practice of colonization is a weapon to attack back France and show pride of the African identity that is presented through depictions of nature and African tribes.
