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mythic quest for selfhood in Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye," "Song of Solomon," and "Beloved"
| Title: | The mythic quest for selfhood in Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye," "Song of Solomon," and "Beloved". |
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| Name(s): |
Golden, Diane M. Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor Coyle, William, Thesis advisor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Issuance: | monographic | |
| Date Issued: | 1994 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
| Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
| Extent: | 55 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | Toni Morrison's purpose in her novels is to encourage her readers to imitate her heroes' journey in their own lives. Through her protagonists' successes and failures on their monomythic quests (to use the term of Joseph Campbell), Morrison educates her readers. Campbell states that a successful hero must complete three phases: separation, initiation, and return. In The Bluest Eye, Pecola Breedlove's poor choices cause failure; she stays in the separation phase. Milkman Dead from Song of Solomon reaches the initiation stage but fails to return with his boon. Denver of Beloved is the only successful heroine; she returns to the world with a treasure, providing Morrison's readers with a fully heroic model. | |
| Identifier: | 15053 (digitool), FADT15053 (IID), fau:11831 (fedora) | |
| Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
| Note(s): |
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1994. |
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| Subject(s): |
Morrison, Toni--Criticism and interpretation. African Americans in literature. Morrison, Toni.--Bluest eye. Morrison, Toni.--Song of Solomon. Morrison, Toni.--Beloved. |
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| Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15053 | |
| Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
| Use and Reproduction: | Copyright © is held by the author, with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder. | |
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| Host Institution: | FAU | |
| Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |
