Buch, Englisch, 128 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 264 g
Reihe: Character Studies
Character Studies
Buch, Englisch, 128 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 264 g
Reihe: Character Studies
ISBN: 978-0-8264-9574-7
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Designed for first year students, this innovative guide builds on the usual knowledge base of students beginning literary study in HE by focusing on the familiar characters but introducing more sophisticated analysis.
Beloved is an extraordinary novel: it won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1987, and author Toni Morrison won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993. Set in the era of slavery, emancipation, and reconstruction in the United States, Beloved explores essential questions involving freedom, selfhood, love, and responsibility. The novel's intricate narrative strategies, its compelling cast of characters, and its exploration of African American history make Beloved a richly complex and often difficult text. This guide to Morrison's novel will help undergraduates not only to understand the story in depth, but to develop sophisticated skills of literary analysis. Readers who grapple successfully with Beloved's characters will also gain valuable insight into the rich thematics and haunting philosophical questions of the novel. The guide includes: - an introductory overview of the text and Morrison's career, including a discussion of the novel's reception; - a discussion of the historical incident that inspired the novel; - chapters analyzing the key characters in detail and in relation to such themes as African American history, black mothers and daughters, memory and trauma, black masculinity, and whiteness; - a conclusion reminding students of the value of rigorous character analysis as the basis for interpreting key themes and issues; - a guide to further reading.
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