I Is the Chorus: Canisia Lubrin's The Dyzgraphxst

First person singular. [...]person plural" (1). The collapse of language in The Dyzgraphxst is subsequently a collapse of time as "I" returns to the beginning to find the point of origin. [...]Lubrin describes the circumstances from which "I" comes. From this emphasis on bre...

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Published in:Canadian literature 2022-01 (247), p.163-183
Main Author: Bandukwala, Manahil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brand, Dionne (1953- )
Canadian literature
Caribbean literature
Chapbooks
Language
Literary characters
Literary devices
Literary influences
Lubrin, Canisia
Narratives
Poetry
Poets
Readers
Syllables
Tongue
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Summary:First person singular. [...]person plural" (1). The collapse of language in The Dyzgraphxst is subsequently a collapse of time as "I" returns to the beginning to find the point of origin. [...]Lubrin describes the circumstances from which "I" comes. From this emphasis on breath comes the base structure of ?e Dyzgraphxst: a narrative told in poetry and performance, art forms for which the breath is a necessity. Sharpe's influence on Lubrin is evident from Sharpe's writing about Zong! by M. NourbeSe Philip: Language has deserted the tongue that is thirsty, it has deserted the tongues of those captives on board the slave ship Zong whose acquisition of new languages articulates the language of violence in the hold; the tongue struggles to form the new language; the consonants, vowels, and syllables spread across the page. The shift from the language of origin to the language of the colonizer was, as Sharpe identifies, wrought with destruction. [...]the reclamation of language is one of love and care, of taking back unapologetically.
ISSN:0008-4360