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The Aesthetics of Marginality in Toni Morrison’s Beloved


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1 Dept. of English, H.N.B.Garhwal University, Srinagar (Garhwal), India
2 Govt. P.G. College, Agastyamuni, Rudraprayag (Garhwal), Uttarakhand, India
     

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The great civilizations are usually built on the backs of the slaves and the history echoes with the silences of these forgotten races. Toni Morrison is a gifted writer who has taken upon herself to give voice to the silences of her ancestors. In this paper an attempt has been made to understand the beauty of her work, her beauty of the scarred soul of Sethe, and the likes of her, the black slaves.

Keywords

Aesthetics of Marginality, Minority, Inferiority Complex, Racism, Black Nationalism, Capitalism, Identity, Slavery, Dalit, African-American Writings, Silence, Black Literature, Exploitation.
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Authors

Monika Gupta
Dept. of English, H.N.B.Garhwal University, Srinagar (Garhwal), India
Sangeeta Kaintura
Govt. P.G. College, Agastyamuni, Rudraprayag (Garhwal), Uttarakhand, India

Abstract


The great civilizations are usually built on the backs of the slaves and the history echoes with the silences of these forgotten races. Toni Morrison is a gifted writer who has taken upon herself to give voice to the silences of her ancestors. In this paper an attempt has been made to understand the beauty of her work, her beauty of the scarred soul of Sethe, and the likes of her, the black slaves.

Keywords


Aesthetics of Marginality, Minority, Inferiority Complex, Racism, Black Nationalism, Capitalism, Identity, Slavery, Dalit, African-American Writings, Silence, Black Literature, Exploitation.

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