beloved by toni morrison
Avantika Dobhal
Pooja Negi
M.A. English(Semester-2nd)
15th April 2014 Black women:- from a writer to her protagonist I have to cast my lot with those who age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary power reconstitute the world. -Adrienne Rich "NaturalResources"
In the geographical space of the U.S.A.,originated the African-American tradition but with its intellectual roots in Africa. It was mainly a theory that emphasized on the fact that black writings should not be judged on the basis of the context derived from the
“white” tradition.The position of Africa in the U.S.A was that of a “nation within a nation” with black slavery being rampant from Georgia to the Carribean. The inhuman work condition, exploitative nature of relationships between the Whites and the Blacks, the frequent tortures and legal penaties,the sexual exploitation of the Black women, the sale of the children and the break up of Black families were the features of Black slave life. It was in the 20th century that various thinkers and activists rose in the USA to attack the racial segregation. “The Harlem Renaissance,the Black Arts movements(led by the poet Langston Hughes) and the Black Arts Repertoire Theatre(by Charles Patterson,
Johnny Moore,Clarence Reed etc),helped the establishment of blues,jazz, rap as specifically African-American art forms.”(“Literary Theory Today” by Pramod K.Nayar).In the
American canonical literature it was evident that the African-American presence expresses the nature of White American more than the Blacks.However,this fact never gained the acceptance and the effect has been, as Morrison argues, “to enforce invisibility through
Pooja Negi
M.A. English(Semester-2nd)
15th April 2014 Black women:- from a writer to her protagonist I have to cast my lot with those who age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary power reconstitute the world. -Adrienne Rich "NaturalResources"
In the geographical space of the U.S.A.,originated the African-American tradition but with its intellectual roots in Africa. It was mainly a theory that emphasized on the fact that black writings should not be judged on the basis of the context derived from the
“white” tradition.The position of Africa in the U.S.A was that of a “nation within a nation” with black slavery being rampant from Georgia to the Carribean. The inhuman work condition, exploitative nature of relationships between the Whites and the Blacks, the frequent tortures and legal penaties,the sexual exploitation of the Black women, the sale of the children and the break up of Black families were the features of Black slave life. It was in the 20th century that various thinkers and activists rose in the USA to attack the racial segregation. “The Harlem Renaissance,the Black Arts movements(led by the poet Langston Hughes) and the Black Arts Repertoire Theatre(by Charles Patterson,
Johnny Moore,Clarence Reed etc),helped the establishment of blues,jazz, rap as specifically African-American art forms.”(“Literary Theory Today” by Pramod K.Nayar).In the
American canonical literature it was evident that the African-American presence expresses the nature of White American more than the Blacks.However,this fact never gained the acceptance and the effect has been, as Morrison argues, “to enforce invisibility through