Toni Morrison has made great achievements in American literary history. In her famous work Sula, motherhood is an essential theme which has attracted public attention. This essay interprets the abnormal maternal love ...Toni Morrison has made great achievements in American literary history. In her famous work Sula, motherhood is an essential theme which has attracted public attention. This essay interprets the abnormal maternal love provided by silenced black mothers in Sula and the ways for black women to break the silence.展开更多
In Toni Morrison’s controversial novel Sula,she mainly deals with the issue of black women. With the guide of black feminist perspective of Barbara Smith,i.e. the politics of race and the politics of sex,the female b...In Toni Morrison’s controversial novel Sula,she mainly deals with the issue of black women. With the guide of black feminist perspective of Barbara Smith,i.e. the politics of race and the politics of sex,the female bonding is an efficient approach to the analysis of women’s problem. Men are excluded from the women’s bonding which has many forms and functions.展开更多
Sula is Toni Morrison’s second novel.The fundamental difference between this novel and her other novels lies in which the heroine of this novel,Sula,is a typical rebellious woman.Morrison often borrows traditional my...Sula is Toni Morrison’s second novel.The fundamental difference between this novel and her other novels lies in which the heroine of this novel,Sula,is a typical rebellious woman.Morrison often borrows traditional mythology modes to tell the stories in her works,and Sula is no exception.To have a better understanding of this novel,this paper explores the heroine Sula’s image by means of myth-archetypal criticism.Through elaborate interpretation and analysis,a conclusion can be drawn that Sula’s rebel image is presented on the basis of the rebel archetype of Satan in Paradise Lost,which can show the charm of Toni Morrison’s narrative style,and also reveals the hardships and courage of black women in the process of self-actualization.展开更多
Motherhood is one of the unavoidable themes of Toni Morrison’s Sula.However,motherhood manifests itself more as split and disconnection than affection and comfort in this novel.From the perspective of the ethic of ca...Motherhood is one of the unavoidable themes of Toni Morrison’s Sula.However,motherhood manifests itself more as split and disconnection than affection and comfort in this novel.From the perspective of the ethic of care,we will find that motherhood is rather complicated and fraught with conflicts.The onus of parenthood care has traditionally fallen on the mother.The reality is that mother care is not as guaranteed and unconditional as readers used to believe.The performance of mother care is actually subject to many hindrances even though the mother may entertain a profound love towards her child.In this story,we may find that racial oppression,financial hardship,emotional burden,children’s depressing response,etc.,all exemplify these hindrances.Lack of care,thus,can lead to the disconnection and estrangement between mother and child.This novel dispels the myth of unconditional maternal love and presents to us the complicatedness of motherhood.展开更多
“Sula”is Toni Morrison’s second novel,which explores the pain and hardship for black women’s self-construction. It attempts to study this work from the perspective of feminism. By depicting the fate of the three t...“Sula”is Toni Morrison’s second novel,which explores the pain and hardship for black women’s self-construction. It attempts to study this work from the perspective of feminism. By depicting the fate of the three typical black women Eva, Sula and Nel, it provides meaningful ideas for the study of Sula and the way for black women to explore themselves, and also gives readers a deeper understanding of the process of black women’s self-construction and the black culture. Finally it concludes that the selfworth of black women is deeply rooted in the black culture. When pursuing independence, people should realize that self-worth and the national cultural traditions should link together deeply.展开更多
With irony at its core, black humor is a weapon for the powerless to fight against those in power. In Sula, Morrison exploits irony to reveal the oppression that racism and sexism impose upon the black people. This pa...With irony at its core, black humor is a weapon for the powerless to fight against those in power. In Sula, Morrison exploits irony to reveal the oppression that racism and sexism impose upon the black people. This paper mainly intends to explore the black humor in Sula from verbal humor, ridiculous events and distorted characters, and analyze the function of black humor.展开更多
文摘Toni Morrison has made great achievements in American literary history. In her famous work Sula, motherhood is an essential theme which has attracted public attention. This essay interprets the abnormal maternal love provided by silenced black mothers in Sula and the ways for black women to break the silence.
文摘In Toni Morrison’s controversial novel Sula,she mainly deals with the issue of black women. With the guide of black feminist perspective of Barbara Smith,i.e. the politics of race and the politics of sex,the female bonding is an efficient approach to the analysis of women’s problem. Men are excluded from the women’s bonding which has many forms and functions.
文摘Sula is Toni Morrison’s second novel.The fundamental difference between this novel and her other novels lies in which the heroine of this novel,Sula,is a typical rebellious woman.Morrison often borrows traditional mythology modes to tell the stories in her works,and Sula is no exception.To have a better understanding of this novel,this paper explores the heroine Sula’s image by means of myth-archetypal criticism.Through elaborate interpretation and analysis,a conclusion can be drawn that Sula’s rebel image is presented on the basis of the rebel archetype of Satan in Paradise Lost,which can show the charm of Toni Morrison’s narrative style,and also reveals the hardships and courage of black women in the process of self-actualization.
文摘Motherhood is one of the unavoidable themes of Toni Morrison’s Sula.However,motherhood manifests itself more as split and disconnection than affection and comfort in this novel.From the perspective of the ethic of care,we will find that motherhood is rather complicated and fraught with conflicts.The onus of parenthood care has traditionally fallen on the mother.The reality is that mother care is not as guaranteed and unconditional as readers used to believe.The performance of mother care is actually subject to many hindrances even though the mother may entertain a profound love towards her child.In this story,we may find that racial oppression,financial hardship,emotional burden,children’s depressing response,etc.,all exemplify these hindrances.Lack of care,thus,can lead to the disconnection and estrangement between mother and child.This novel dispels the myth of unconditional maternal love and presents to us the complicatedness of motherhood.
文摘“Sula”is Toni Morrison’s second novel,which explores the pain and hardship for black women’s self-construction. It attempts to study this work from the perspective of feminism. By depicting the fate of the three typical black women Eva, Sula and Nel, it provides meaningful ideas for the study of Sula and the way for black women to explore themselves, and also gives readers a deeper understanding of the process of black women’s self-construction and the black culture. Finally it concludes that the selfworth of black women is deeply rooted in the black culture. When pursuing independence, people should realize that self-worth and the national cultural traditions should link together deeply.
文摘With irony at its core, black humor is a weapon for the powerless to fight against those in power. In Sula, Morrison exploits irony to reveal the oppression that racism and sexism impose upon the black people. This paper mainly intends to explore the black humor in Sula from verbal humor, ridiculous events and distorted characters, and analyze the function of black humor.
