0Chirchik State Pedagogical University Current Issues of Modern Philology and Linguodidactics
Staatliche Pädagogische Universität Chirchik Aktuelle Fragen der modernen Philologie und Linguodidaktik
LANGSTON HUGHES AND HIS POETRY
Nasiba Shuhratjon qizi Ibrohimjonova
Students, Chirchik state pedagogical university
Foreign Language and Literature student Scientific adviser: Nafisa Raimovna Kobilova
ABSTRACT
In this article we know about the biography of poet Langston Hughes and his famous novels and poems that he wrote and published in his lifetime. There are some interesting information about his life and career, Also he was a Negro poet so most of his themes about discrimination of white and black people and this explained in the next paragraphs.
Keywords: African American, Harlem, Jazz musician, Negro people, productive writer and stage performance.
James Mercer Langston Hughes (full name) was born on 1st February in 1901 year as well as he was an American novelist, poet, playwright, social activist. He grew up in Midwestern towns and in the early age of him he could become a productive writer. When he was young he migrated to New York City and embarked on his career path. In Cleveland, Ohio he graduated from high school then he launched studying at Columbia University in New York. Nevertheless he failed some times, first of all he obtained notice from New York publishers in The Crisis magazine, as soon as possible from book publisher. Also he was well-known for leading the Harlem Renaissance ( it was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, fashion, art, theatre, literature, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New york City during the 1920s and 1930s and it was known as the ,, New Negro Movement).
• Langston Hughes was famous for the first Black American writer who earned money for his writing. In 1921 he published his initial poem which is called ,, The Negro Speaks of Rivers" then he began with ,,The Weary Blues'' and most of the poems were in 16 volumes during his life. His books collection includes more than 35 books which were published by him. He did not only write short stories, novels, plays, but also he wrote autobiographies and children's books. Most of his works are about everyday life of African American individual in the 20th century. Here 8 the most popular poems of L. Hughes are listed.
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Chirchik State Pedagogical University Current Issues of Modern Philology and Linguodidactics
Staatliche Pädagogische Universität Chirchik Aktuelle Fragen der modernen Philologie und Linguodidaktik
Chirchiq davlat pedagogika universiteti Zamonaviy filologiya va lingvodidaktikaning dolzarb masalalari
• „Dreams" was published in the New York City magazine by The World Tomorrow in1923.
• ,,The Weary Blues" was published by Knopf in 1926. When he worked as busboy in Washington D.C met with American poet Vachel Lindsay, and he showed a piece of poems to Lindsay. A poet helped to promote and become popular. In the same year, his ,,The Weary Blues" was admitted as first place in literary competition.
• ,,I, Too" was linked to ,, The Weary Blues" because of having similarity about large culture and society of Africans Americans in 20th century. This poem was inscribed on the wall of the National Museum of African American history and Culture in Washington D.C.
• When he completed a degree at Lincoln University in 1929, the next year he published a novel called ,, Not Without Laughter" and this was reached to the success. It was evidence of that he could live as a writer.
• ,, Let America Be America Again" was published in Esquire magazine in July 1936. This poem explained pipe dreams and unrealized hopes of lower class in country and the trust for reaching the American Dream some day.
• ,, The Big Sea" was published in 1937 and it was about autobiography of him until 28 years old. Later in 1940 L. Hughes created lyrics for Street Scene ( Broadway musical). By these lyrics he was able to purchase a house In Harlem. After more than twenty years later, he created a play that was impressed by the opera Troubled Island and published anthology of work titled The Poetry of the Negro.
• ,, Harlem" also regarded as the second name ,,A Dream Deferred" was published by Hughes in 1951. Montage of a Dream deferred (also titled like this) have collected the poems ,,Theme for English B" and ,, Ballad of the Landlord". Falling short of American Dream for African Americans was explained in,, Harlem" and it was written as:
o Does it dry up
o like a raisin in the sun?
• ,, Tambourines to Glory "was written with A play with Songs in 1956. This is a mixture of story and song and tells us about two females who were street preachers in Harlem and were allowed to open a church. After that he turned the story to the novel and published in 1958. The play was released inLittle Theatre in 1963 and actors of it were Louis Gossett Jr., Clara Ward, Hilda Simms and Rosetta LeNoire.
He has never been shy about writing his expressions and impressions and his famous sentences:
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,,We younger Negro Artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame", he wrote in the,, The Negro Artist and the racial Mountain". ,, If white people are pleased we are glad. If they are not, it does not matter. We know we are beautiful and ugly too". Langston Hughes suffered from complications of prostate cancer and died on 22th May in 1967 at the age of 66. In the funeral of him a little eulogy was spoken and carried out by jazz and blues music, Hughes' ashes buried below the entrance of the Schomburg Centre for research in Black culture in Harlem.
Conclusion: Most of the poems of Negro poet were about the life conditions of African American and one day the difference between black and white people will be changed he was sure. He expressed himself as a slave, worker, singer and victim of unfairness. Initially he always presented humanity, caring about social conditions and value of life. He used easy words and ways in his poems in order to understand without difficulty. He was known and remained as superior writer.
REFERENCES
1. Langston Hughes- Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langston_Hughes
2. Langston Hughes- Career, Poems& Legacy history.com/topics/black-history/Langston-hughes
3. Langston Hughes: Biography, Poet biography.com/authors-writers/Langston
4. Digilib UINSA DIGILIB.UINSA.AC.ID/1800/7/Bab%204.pdf
5. Chapter three conclusion Universitas Kristen Maranatha.
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