The Healing Power of the Ghost In Toni Morrison’s Beloved : An Analysis Through the Poststructuralist Lens

The Healing Power of the Ghost In Toni Morrison’s Beloved : An Analysis Through the Poststructuralist Lens

This paper utilizes poststructuralist theory to investigate the polysemic nature of the eponymous character Beloved in Toni Morrison’s 1987 novel Beloved. The ghostly, anachronistic presence of Beloved renders the text open to multiple interpretations and this essay sets out to explore the ways in w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yigit, Eva
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för humaniora 2020
Subjects:
abject
Beloved
Derrida
deconstruction
écriture féminine
ghost
Kristeva
Morrison
motherhood
poststructuralism
semiotic order
spectrality
slavery
trauma.
General Literature Studies
Litteraturvetenskap
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