The Integration of Western Values by African Americans as Portrayed in Selected Works of Toni Morrison and Gloria Naylor – Bc. Radka Zlatohlávková
Bc. Radka Zlatohlávková
Master's thesis
The Integration of Western Values by African Americans as Portrayed in Selected Works of Toni Morrison and Gloria Naylor
The Integration of Western Values by African Americans as Portrayed in Selected Works of Toni Morrison and Gloria Naylor
Abstract:
Toni Morrisonová a Gloria Naylorová jsou současné afroamerické spisovatelky. Ve svých knihách, kterými chtěji obohatit americkou literaturu, popisují společenskou situaci Afroameričanů v druhé polovině 20.století. Autorky pojednávají o kontroverzních tématech týkajících se afroamerické společnosti. Ačkoli otroctví bylo zrušeno více než sto let před vydáním jejich knih a Afroameričané mezitím dosáhli …moreAbstract:
Toni Morrison and Gloria Naylor are contemporary African American female writers. While their novels depict the contemporary issues within African American communities in the second half of the 20th century, Morrison and Naylor address the lack of African American female perspective in the American literature. These women authors comment upon controversial issues among the African American society …moreKeywords
African American women literature Toni Morrison The Bluest Eye Tar Baby Song of Solomon Gloria Naylor Linden Hills The Women of Brewster Place Oppression Deferred Self-Identities Single Oppression White Supremacy Double Oppression Matriarchy Triple Oppression Homophobia Double Consciousness “to make it” “Funk” “Colorism”
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 27. 4. 2011
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/h8z35/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 13. 6. 2011
- Supervisor: Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D.
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ZLATOHLÁVKOVÁ, Radka. \textit{The Integration of Western Values by African Americans as Portrayed in Selected Works of Toni Morrison and Gloria Naylor}. Online. Master's thesis. Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts. 2011. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/8t1uu8/.
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Philology / English Language and Literature
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