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Abstract
It is quite known that poetry and novel are two different literary genres. This distinction, however, has become controversial. One might find a literary text in which the features of both genres are adopted in such a way that one can hardly isolate the shared conventions that compose each genre.
As far as the narrative technique IS concerned, the strain of combining literary genres runs through the poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks. Her poetic diction reflects both the features of the poetry and some of those of the novel. However abundant Brooks’s poetic achievement is, the chief purpose of this study is not to analyze her poems in terms of the social themes that run through them, nor is it intended to deal with her literary works in their entirity. Rather; the thesis mainly focuses on the narrative technique the poet has adopted among other black poets to hammer her ideas hOlne. To facilitate the process, some representative narrative poems are selected for discussion. It is through these poems that one can trace the development of Brooks’s narrative techniques and her inclination to adopt the narrative features of the modem novel.
As for the thesis, it is divided into three chapters and a conclusion.
The first chapter, Background to Brooks’s Poetic Career and the Narrative Technique, deals with Brooks’s literary career as a Negro poet. It also· touches· upon her use of the narrati ue technique among other poets.