Ed. Bullins and the re-creation of the Neo African-American community in <i>Electronic nigger and in the wine time </i>

Abstract

One of the essential privileges of a literary writer is the opportunity to create and re-create worlds and characters to suit the thoughts, ideologies and  messages he has for the society in his literature. A literary writer can satirically represent the society of the literary product to expose the euphoria of the  values and at the same time reveal possible alternatives. This will enable the audience to juxtapose what they know and the new ideologies in relation to  the harmonious existence of the human society. Ed. Bullins, an African-American playwright of the Black Arts Movement era, carefully replicates the  everyday struggles of the African-Americans especially the underclass with the psychological depth of the ultimate result, as well as the possible  alternatives for a better tomorrow and improved standard of living. He creates characters that move through a gritty existence towards little that can be  called self realization or existential triumph as far as the present African-American tradition is concern. However, he goes beyond the above to creatively  inform his audience of a better alternative. The creative alternative is the major concern of this paper using Electronic Nigger and In the Wine Time.