TOPIC OF ESSAY IS AESTHETIC, POLITICAL, AND PHILOSOPHICAL MOVEMENT KNOWN AS NEGRITUDE.THE MATERIAL WILL BE EXAMINING INCLUDES THE POETRY OF DAMAS, CESAIRE, AND SENGHOR; ESSAYS BY CESAIRE, SENGHOR AND SARTRE; AND FANON’S BLACK SKIN, WHITE MASKS. BE SURE TO ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING: 1. CESAIRE FORMULATION OF THE TERM NEGRITUDE IN L’ETUDIANT NOIR AND NOTEBOOK OF A RETURN TO A NATIVE LAND. 2. THE CONCEPTION OF NEGRITUDE FOUND IN THE SELECTIONS FROM DAMAS’ PIGMENTS. 3. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SENGHOR’S AND CESAIRE’S DEFINITIONS OF NEGRITUDE. 4. SARTRE’S AND FANON’S INTERPRETATIONS AND ASSESSMENTS OF THE MOVEMENT. 5. FANON’S TREATMENT OF SARTRE’S “BLACK ORPHEUS.” DO NOT IMITATE THE PROMPT IN OPENING PARAGRAPH. EVERY USE OF AN AUTHOR’S CONCEPTUAL LANGUAGE MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN EXPLANATION OF THAT LANGUAGE. TEXTS THAT WE USED IN CLASS: CESAIRE AIME “CULTURE AND COLONIZATION,” SPEECH DELIVERED IN PARIS AT THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF NEGRO WRITERS AND ARTISTS (1956). DAMAS, LEON-GONTRAN. POEMS FROM PIGMENTS: “BARGAIN,” “JUST LIKE THE LEGEND,” ” IN SINGLE FILE,” OF COURSE,” “ENOUGH,” ” SO MANY TIMES, ” ” S.O.S.” ” GOOD BREEDING,” “STANCE,” “ON A POST CARD,” “ALMOST WHITE,” “HICCUP.” (1937). THESE ARE FOUND IN NEGRITUDE; BLACK POETRY FROM AFRICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, ED. AND TRANSL. NORMAN R. SHAPIRO. SENGHOR, LEOPOLD SEDAR. ” THE SPIRIT OF CIVILIZATION, OR THE LAWS OF AFRICAN NEGRO CULTURE,” SPEECH DELIVERED IN PARIS AT THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF NEGRO WRITERS AND ARTISTS (1956). INCLUDE QUOTING ALSO.

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