The Pursuit of an African American Identity in Black American Literature: Identity and Self-effacement in Morrison's The Bluest Eye and Beloved
| dc.contributor.author | Dina Maou Narimane Benghalia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-01T17:28:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-03-01T17:28:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description.abstract | ABSTRACT Toni Morrison is a renowned African American writer known for her portrayal of the ongoing suffering of Black Americans throughout history. Her works, such as The Bluest Eye (1970) and Beloved (1987), explore themes of racial discrimination, Feminism, identity, and the impact of racism on African American sense of self. The Bluest Eye tells the story of a young African American girl's inferiority complex and low self-esteem due to her skin and eyes color. The novel reveals the white dominance on Black females' attitudes towards their beauty and blackness, as well as the racial and domestic violence against Black girls in both communities. Beloved (1987) is based on the real story of escaped slave Margret Garner, set after the American civil war and during the construction era. The novel aims to portray the connection between a traumatic past as a slave and the present of freedom, particularly for female characters. The research aims to examine identity and self-effacement in Toni Morrison's works and explore the results of racial discrimination from a feminist and psychological perspective. The analysis reveals that Morrison, as a modernist writer, successfully exposed the harshness of racial discrimination against Black people and the psychological consequences that followed. The Bluest Eye and Beloved demonstrate that racism, slavery, and sexism affected each character physically, psychologically, and spiritually | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.univ-khenchela.dz:4000/handle/123456789/2687 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | UNIVERSITY OF ABBES LAGHROUR-KHENCHELA | |
| dc.title | The Pursuit of an African American Identity in Black American Literature: Identity and Self-effacement in Morrison's The Bluest Eye and Beloved | |
| dc.type | Thesis |