@article{ART002022960},
author={Kang, Hyeong-min},
title={A Study on the Failure and Positive Possibility of Liberal Movement in the 1960s of the United States in Ed Bullins’ The Taking of Miss Janie},
journal={Journal of Modern English Drama},
issn={1226-3397},
year={2015},
volume={28},
number={2},
pages={5-33}
TY - JOUR
AU - Kang, Hyeong-min
TI - A Study on the Failure and Positive Possibility of Liberal Movement in the 1960s of the United States in Ed Bullins’ The Taking of Miss Janie
JO - Journal of Modern English Drama
PY - 2015
VL - 28
IS - 2
PB - 한국현대영미드라마학회
SP - 5
EP - 33
SN - 1226-3397
AB - It could be argued that the 1960s was the most turbulent and important decade in the second half of the twentieth century in the United States because the decade has affected the American people and society very widely since then. Ed Bullins, an African-American playwright and the former Minister of Culture for the Black Panthers, dramatizes the failure and positive possibility of liberal movement in and after the 1960s of the United States in his play, The Taking of Miss Janie.
In The Taking of Miss Janie, Bullins presents not only the characters that show the failure of the young liberal activists but also the characters that show the possibility of success in their lives after the sixties beyond their failed liberal attempts in the 1960s. Bullins accuses that the liberal activists failed in the sixties because of their lies, hypocrisies, exclusive attitudes and extremist beliefs while he tries to find the hope from other characters since they are honest, flexible to change and open to others.
Overall, we have to say that the liberal movement had failed only in the 1960s, but its values and ideals have survived the sixties and eventually prevailed in the American society since then although there are still many problems in the American society.
KW - Ed Bullins;1960s;The Taking of Miss Janie;Liberal movement;Black nationalism
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Kang, Hyeong-min. (2015). A Study on the Failure and Positive Possibility of Liberal Movement in the 1960s of the United States in Ed Bullins’ The Taking of Miss Janie. Journal of Modern English Drama, 28(2), 5-33.
Kang, Hyeong-min. 2015, "A Study on the Failure and Positive Possibility of Liberal Movement in the 1960s of the United States in Ed Bullins’ The Taking of Miss Janie", Journal of Modern English Drama, vol.28, no.2 pp.5-33.
Kang, Hyeong-min "A Study on the Failure and Positive Possibility of Liberal Movement in the 1960s of the United States in Ed Bullins’ The Taking of Miss Janie" Journal of Modern English Drama 28.2 pp.5-33 (2015) : 5.
Kang, Hyeong-min. A Study on the Failure and Positive Possibility of Liberal Movement in the 1960s of the United States in Ed Bullins’ The Taking of Miss Janie. 2015; 28(2), 5-33.
Kang, Hyeong-min. "A Study on the Failure and Positive Possibility of Liberal Movement in the 1960s of the United States in Ed Bullins’ The Taking of Miss Janie" Journal of Modern English Drama 28, no.2 (2015) : 5-33.
Kang, Hyeong-min. A Study on the Failure and Positive Possibility of Liberal Movement in the 1960s of the United States in Ed Bullins’ The Taking of Miss Janie. Journal of Modern English Drama, 28(2), 5-33.
Kang, Hyeong-min. A Study on the Failure and Positive Possibility of Liberal Movement in the 1960s of the United States in Ed Bullins’ The Taking of Miss Janie. Journal of Modern English Drama. 2015; 28(2) 5-33.
Kang, Hyeong-min. A Study on the Failure and Positive Possibility of Liberal Movement in the 1960s of the United States in Ed Bullins’ The Taking of Miss Janie. 2015; 28(2), 5-33.
Kang, Hyeong-min. "A Study on the Failure and Positive Possibility of Liberal Movement in the 1960s of the United States in Ed Bullins’ The Taking of Miss Janie" Journal of Modern English Drama 28, no.2 (2015) : 5-33.
