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The Nineteenth-Century and Early Twentieth-Century Works
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 November 2024
Discussing early Haitian Poetry written in Creole brings the researcher outside their usual field of investigation (literature) as they have to sift through antropological texts to locate those early texts. As a result, Oswald Durand’s Choucoune is considered as the first literary work written in Haitian Creole even though there is evidence of prior texts published and/or written in that language. Similarly, Georges Sylvain’s Cric? Crac! is the first collection of poems published by a Haitian writer. This chapter offers an overview of this early poetry in Haitian Creole, followed by a more detailed examination of Sylvain’s Cric? Crac! with a view to identifying the characteristic features of this poetry and establishing a connection with Haitian popular culture. The ‘bare-footed poets’ from the countryside are recognized for the influence left on their urban educated counterparts, particularly through the chante pwent, which appears to be a consistent feature of Haitian poetry in Creole up to today.
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