Chants d’ombre
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Chants d’ombre is a seminal poetry collection by Léopold Sédar Senghor that helped define and articulate the themes and aesthetics of the Négritude movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chants d’ombre canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| author | Léopold Sédar Senghor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Senegalese ⓘ |
| authorRole | Léopold Sédar Senghor as co-founder of Négritude ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
France
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Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form |
free verse
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lyric sequence ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasPoem |
In Memoriam
NERFINISHED
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Joal ⓘ L’Absente ⓘ Prière de paix ⓘ Épîtres à la Princesse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Caribbean Négritude writers
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Francophone African poetry ⓘ postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | Francophone modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
lyric poetry
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oral tradition influence ⓘ surrealist influence ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| movement | Négritude NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguageScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1945 ⓘ |
| publisher | Éditions du Seuil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
France
NERFINISHED
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colonial Africa ⓘ |
| significance |
helped articulate aesthetics of Négritude
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helped define themes of black consciousness in literature ⓘ major work of Francophone African literature ⓘ seminal work of the Négritude movement ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
black experience under colonial rule
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encounter between Africa and Europe ⓘ revalorization of African cultures ⓘ |
| theme |
African diaspora
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African identity ⓘ Négritude NERFINISHED ⓘ colonialism ⓘ cultural heritage ⓘ exile ⓘ memory ⓘ racial pride ⓘ resistance to oppression ⓘ |
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