Anxiety and Personal Identity in Suzan-Lori Parks s Topdog/Underdog

The concept of identity has been a pivotal issue in getting a comprehensive understanding of African-American culture and literature. The predominance of this subject is mainly due to the segregation and oppression practiced against the black race in the course of history. The absence of a clearly designated frame of identity manifests itself in the idea of rootlessness and unbelonging, an idea that gives an authentic testimony to the anxiety of identity and its crisis. It is the identity that makes people different from each other. On the other hand, identity means one‟s belonging to a social group.The present study concentrates on anxiety and personal identity in Suzan-Lori Parks Topdog/Underdog. It is divided into five sections and a conclusion. Section one is an introduction to the concept of identity. Section two deals with the black identity in relation to history and tradition. Section three explore the significance of Suzan-Lori Parks and her achievements. Section four discusses the theater of Suzan-Lori Parks and the contemporary poetics of the black identity. Section five analyzes Suzan-Lori Parks Topdog/Underdog which is a typical study of the anxiety personal identity of two black brothers, Lincoln and Booth, who are suffer from identity confusion. The Conclusion sums up the main findings.