272 KB44 KB198220252023Burcar, Lilijanaštevilka:1/2letnik:56str. 91-106ISSN:0567-784XDOI:10.4312/an.56.1-2.91-106COBISSID:177860355URN:URN:NBN:SI:col-WI8CJPKQenZaložba Univerze v LjubljaniActa neophilologicaameriška književnostkapitalizemliterarne študijeMcKay, Clauderasizemrazredni bojsonetOld aesthetics, new ethics| Claude McKay’s socially engaged (proletarian) sonnets|The depiction of the class struggle features prominently in the American canon of the first half of the 20th century. However, the emphasis has been almost exclusively on prose fiction to the exclusion of the works of poets such as Claude McKay, one of the central figures of the early Harlem Renaissance and the leading figure among socially engaged English-speaking poets at the time. The article redresses this imbalance by drawing at-tention to McKay’s socially engaged sonnets, which helped to expand the horizons and culturally empower the exploited poor in America (and by extension the proletariat in England) to resist and overcome racist ideology in their common struggle for universal social justice. McKay makes use of a traditional, highly aestheticized sonnet form, while giving it a new ethical premise and fresh impetus.he depiction of the class struggle features prominently in the American canon of the first half of the 20th century. However, the emphasis has been almost exclusively on prose fiction to the exclusion of the works of poets such as Claude McKay, one of the central figures of the early Harlem Renaissance and the leading figure among socially engaged English-speaking poets at the time. The article redresses this imbalance by drawing at-tention to McKay’s socially engaged sonnets, which helped to expand the horizons and culturally empower the exploited poor in America (and by extension the proletariat in England) to resist and overcome racist ideology in their common struggle for universal social justice. McKay makes use of a traditional, highly aestheticized sonnet form, while giving it a new ethical premise and fresh impetusTematika razrednega boja zaseda eno od pomembnih mest v ameriškem kanonu prve polovice 20. stoletja. Vendar je poudarek izključno na romanopiscih, medtem ko druž-beno angažirana poezija na temo razrednega boja ostaja obstranjena na čelu z njenimi tvorci, kot je bil Claude McKay, eden od osrednjih nosilcev zgodnjega obdobja harlemske renesanse in vodilni angleško pišoči pesnik delavskega gibanja. Članek obuja in v ospredje ponovno postavlja tovrstno poezijo, ki jo utelešajo McKayjevi družbeno angažirani soneti. Z njimi je na svojevrsten način okrepil zavest ameriškega (in angleškega) proletariata v boju proti rasizmu in ga pomagal kulturno opolnomočiti v skupnem boju za univerzalno družbeno pravičnost. McKayjeva poezija se naslanja na tradicionalno, visoko estetizirano obliko soneta, kateri daje novo etično vsebino in družbeno usmeritevTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaUniverza v Ljubljani, Filozofska fakulteta