![]() ![]() Others, however, point out the youthful spirit, flair with language, and lyricism that carry her plays to startling and radical conclusions. Should her work be characterized as poetry or drama, prose or poetry, essay or autobiography? Her choreopoems, made up of poetry, drama, prose, and autobiography, are unified by a militant feminism in which some critics have seen a one-sided attack on black men. ![]() Her plays have evoked a range of critical responses commensurate with their unconventional nature. that is probably one of the reasons i insist on calling myself a poet or writer/ rather than a playwright/ i am interested solely in the poetry of a moment/ the emotional & aesthetic impact of a character or a line. In Ntozake Shange’s introduction to the volume Three Pieces, she makes this statement about drama:Īs a poet in american theater/ i find most activity that takes place on our stages overwhelmingly shallow/ stilted&imitative. She has been criticized and praised for her unconventional language and structure, for her almost religious feminism, and for her stand on black/white and male/female issues. These polarizations in Shange’s work both contribute to her artistry and complicate it. Ntozake Shange’s (Octo– October 27, 2018) work embodies a rich confusion of genres and all the contradictions inherent in a world in which violence and oppression polarize life and art. ![]()
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