Critical analysis of Dutchman through genetic structuralism

Our study includes the analysis of Dutchman by Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), African American playwright and poet who highly influenced the Black Theater and produced many works in literary sense, under the lights of Genetic Structuralism method. Our study consists of three chapters with an Introduction and a Conclusion. In the introduction, it is intended to focus on developing process of Black Theatre and the importance of blacks in American Drama. In the first chapter, assimilation theories and how they have been used in America since the U.S.A were discussed in order to explain the attitude of Amiri Baraka's against assimilation in the play. In the second chapter, basic information about genetic structuralism is given. In the third chapter, Dutchman is analyzed through genetic structuralism method in details and the conclusion part depicts the summary of this thesis. Consequently, we saw that by using an assimilated black man, Baraka tries to warn African-Americans against the threat of assimilation and we determined that Baraka strongly believes that African-Americans should accept and be aware of their black identity in order to survive in America. Key Words 1. Dutchman 2. Genetic Structuralism 3. African-American Drama 4. Assimilation 5. Amiri Baraka