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SUMMARY
Maya Angelou as a black poet voices her views through her poetry. Maya uses her poems to address the representation of women in her society. She writes poems and books about the representation of women.
This essay discusses the representation of women in the selected poems of Maya Angelou.
The research also focuses on how the image of the black woman is reflected in these poems. In analyzing these poems, the researcher uses the black feminist theory under the broad scope of the feminist theory.
Through line by line analysis of each stanza, the researcher finds the answer of the research question which is embedded in the title of the essay "Representation of Women in Selected Poems by Maya Angelou".
The second chapter begins the analysis of the many poems treated in this essay. It shows Maya Angelou's call for 'Direct confrontation and resistance' of the black woman against oppressive societal norms.
