Individuation in the novels of Toni Morrison : a Jungian perspective

Toni Morrison deals with fragmented African-American individuals. In her fiction, she examines the causes and reveals the pain in being institutionally marginalised because of one's colour, class and/or sex. She looks to re-claim for some of her characters a sense of identity by dismantling the...

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Main Author: Braema Mathiaparanam.
Other Authors: Max Le Blond
Format: Theses and Dissertations
Language:English
Published: 2009
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-204132020-11-01T06:26:00Z Individuation in the novels of Toni Morrison : a Jungian perspective Braema Mathiaparanam. Max Le Blond National Institute of Education DRNTU::Humanities::Literature Toni Morrison deals with fragmented African-American individuals. In her fiction, she examines the causes and reveals the pain in being institutionally marginalised because of one's colour, class and/or sex. She looks to re-claim for some of her characters a sense of identity by dismantling the predominant order. This is an act of recovery and establishing a new paradigm for the African-American in the America of the late twentieth century. Recovery begins at an individual level and Morrison asserts that African-Americans need to address the past and relate to this history and their African-American heritage. This is a journey of self-discovery. Master of Arts 2009-12-15T02:50:58Z 2009-12-15T02:50:58Z 1995 1995 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20413 en NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 253 p. application/pdf
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Individuation in the novels of Toni Morrison : a Jungian perspective
description Toni Morrison deals with fragmented African-American individuals. In her fiction, she examines the causes and reveals the pain in being institutionally marginalised because of one's colour, class and/or sex. She looks to re-claim for some of her characters a sense of identity by dismantling the predominant order. This is an act of recovery and establishing a new paradigm for the African-American in the America of the late twentieth century. Recovery begins at an individual level and Morrison asserts that African-Americans need to address the past and relate to this history and their African-American heritage. This is a journey of self-discovery.
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