Emanuel Xavier
EMANUEL XAVIER
Emanuel Xavier, as a poet of the Contemporary period, exemplifies the best of the genre. Through his use of poetic devices, style and thematic, Xavier has given us some of the most iconic and universally appealing work. Particularly in his poem titled “Tradiciones”, we see examples of his most salient particularities and effective use of English and Spanish language. Emanuel Xavier the stands as one of the greats Hispanic people of American and World Literature.
Emanuel Xavier was born May 3, 1971. He is an American poet, spoken word artist, novelist, editor, and activist born and raised in New York City, in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn. Of Puerto Rican and Ecuadorian ancestry, he emerged from the neo-Nuyorican spoken word movement …show more content…
This time period is characterized as a reaction to the influence by studies of media, language and information technology that preceded it, Cold War between Soviet Union and United States. In the Contemporary period, there is an emphasis on new literatures forms and techniques. There’s innovation combining fiction and non-fiction, experimenting with physical appearance of work. Emanuel Xavier specifically writes in the subcategories of Contemporary as the neo-Nuyorican spoken word and Slam/Spoken Word. In the poetry of Emanuel Xavier, we experience the themes of political, sexual and religious that results from the preference of his Catholic religion, his ancestry of Puerto Rican and his preference of sexuality of men. In the “Tradiciones”, these themes are evidenced throughout. This poem talks about being different from the others and also Emanuel criticizes men and women. Also in this poem he mixes Spanish with English.
There are numbers of literary devices that Emanuel Xavier utilizes throughout the poem “Tradiciones”. The effect of these devices is to give the poem a quality of Slam/Spoken Word. Some of the literary devices are cataloging, free verse, hyperbole and imagery. For example, the stanza five, the lines three through seven read cataloging as this “negros”, “chinos”, “gringos”, “maricones” and
Emanuel Xavier, as a poet of the Contemporary period, exemplifies the best of the genre. Through his use of poetic devices, style and thematic, Xavier has given us some of the most iconic and universally appealing work. Particularly in his poem titled “Tradiciones”, we see examples of his most salient particularities and effective use of English and Spanish language. Emanuel Xavier the stands as one of the greats Hispanic people of American and World Literature.
Emanuel Xavier was born May 3, 1971. He is an American poet, spoken word artist, novelist, editor, and activist born and raised in New York City, in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn. Of Puerto Rican and Ecuadorian ancestry, he emerged from the neo-Nuyorican spoken word movement …show more content…
This time period is characterized as a reaction to the influence by studies of media, language and information technology that preceded it, Cold War between Soviet Union and United States. In the Contemporary period, there is an emphasis on new literatures forms and techniques. There’s innovation combining fiction and non-fiction, experimenting with physical appearance of work. Emanuel Xavier specifically writes in the subcategories of Contemporary as the neo-Nuyorican spoken word and Slam/Spoken Word. In the poetry of Emanuel Xavier, we experience the themes of political, sexual and religious that results from the preference of his Catholic religion, his ancestry of Puerto Rican and his preference of sexuality of men. In the “Tradiciones”, these themes are evidenced throughout. This poem talks about being different from the others and also Emanuel criticizes men and women. Also in this poem he mixes Spanish with English.
There are numbers of literary devices that Emanuel Xavier utilizes throughout the poem “Tradiciones”. The effect of these devices is to give the poem a quality of Slam/Spoken Word. Some of the literary devices are cataloging, free verse, hyperbole and imagery. For example, the stanza five, the lines three through seven read cataloging as this “negros”, “chinos”, “gringos”, “maricones” and