Telephonic Conversation by wole soyinka, black skin white mask, darkness

1. Symbolic Perspective In
Telephonic Conversation
Name : Jagruti R. Vasani
Semester : 4
Roll No : 15
Enrollment No : 2069108420180054
Batch : 2017-2019
Email Id : jagrutivasani17@gmail.com
Submitted To : Smt S. B. Gardi English Department,
MKBU

2. • Poet : Wole Soyinka
• Born : 13 July, 1934
• Occupation : Author, Poet, Playright
• Nationality : Nigerian
• Awards : Noble prize (1986)
Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award
(2009)

3. What is the African Literature…
• It is not a Literature for
pleasure. This is a literature of
suffering and pain. Because
Marginalized Identity bunched
in this literature. It’s whole
human conversation which is
a people are subordinate and
in the Minority.

4. Telephonic Conversation
• This poem is very casual and straight
forward. In this conversation regret with
irony. In this poem conflict between the
protagonist black man and the absurdity of
racism that makes white lady an
antagonist. And it’s take a negative stance
toward the former.

5. • “HOW DARK?”…I had not
misheard…”ARE YOU LIGHT OR VERY
DARK?”…You mean like plain or milk
chocolate?
• It was soul shattering to the narrator that she is
so insensitive to his feelings. The man decided to
inflict similar humiliation on the racist woman and
replying to her in acutely sarcastic tone.

6. Symbolic Perspective
• Definition of Dark how he portrait
• Telephone as a Medium
• Lady White Superiority
• The Man Inferior
• Color of Conversation
White & Black
Black & Black
White & White

7. Elaboration of Black Skin White Mask
• It is portrait here by place,
identity and also passion. We
can see that color conflict are
much problematic in inferior
people’s life. That’s the point in
which we have to classified by
this complexity. In the poem of
reading in between the lines
applying the theory of black skin
white mask.

8. How Portraying This Conversation
• Equality
• Person and Personality
• Concept
• Background
• Cultural Identity
• Emerging Evaluation

9. Conclusion…
• In the beginning of poem is on a positive
note but at the end Soyinka uses highlight
this sense of racism, which is widespread
in western society and is that of the
telephone.