Class 11 English Elective POETRY 4. TELEPHONE CONVERSATION
Class 11 English Elective POETRY 4. TELEPHONE CONVERSATION प्रश्न बैंक - सह - उत्तर पुस्तक (Question Bank-Cum-Answer Book) Class 11 English Elective (POETRY ) 4.
TELEPHONE CONVERSATION - Wole Soyinka MAIN POINTS ☞ "Telephone
Conversation is written by Wole Soyinka. ☞ He
is the first African to receive the Nobel Prize for literature (1986). ☞ In
his poem 'Telephone Conversation' Wole Soyinka has presented a bitter satire on
racism and racist prejudices. ☞ The
poet has placed before his audience a telephonic conversation between a white
landlady and an African man who is looking for a place on rent to live in. ☞ The
price of the room and the location and other essentials are agreeable to the
African man. ☞ But
in the midst of his conversation, he mentions that he is black. ☞ Quite
opposed to his expectation, the white landlady becomes silent as soon as she
gets his identity as an African. ☞ This
silence reflects her indifference and discrimination towards the black.
