Ellison, Ralph (Vol. 79) - Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi (essay date winter 1983)
Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi (essay date winter 1983)
SOURCE: Ogunyemi, Chikwenye Okonjo. “‘The Old Order Shall Pass’: The Examples of ‘Flying Home’ and ‘Barbados.’” Studies in Short Fiction 20, no. 1 (winter 1983): 23-32.
[In the following essay, Ogunyemi assesses Ellison's “Flying Home” and Paule Marshall's “Barbados.”]
Let a new earth rise. Let another world be born. Let a bloody peace be written in the sky. Let a second generation full of courage issue forth; let a people loving freedom come to growth. Let a beauty full of healing and a strength of final clenching be the pulsing in our spirits and our blood. Let the martial songs be written, let the dirges disappear. Let a race of men now rise and take control.
—Margaret Walker, 1942
“Flying Home” by Ralph Ellison and “Barbados” by Paule Marshall are two exceptional stories in Langston Hughes' 1967 collection,...
[The entire page is 4891 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
Navigate
Related Topics
