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Toni Morrison's lyrical style and vibrant imagination have made her one of the most engaging contemporary novelists. She is also one of the most thought-provoking, inviting her readers to join her in exploring the formation, deformation, and transformation of human subjects in the crucibles of race and ethnicity, sexuality and gender, caste and class. This seminar focuses on a close reading of Morrison's six published novels: THE BLUEST EYE, SULA, SONG OF SOLOMON, TAR BABY, BELOVED, and JAZZ. It will be supplemented and informed by essays and interviews of the author, by selective readings of significant predecessors, by historical documents and other contextualizing materials, and by consideration of relevant critical theories.
COURSE FORMAT: Lecture
Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA COL Grading Mode: Student Option
Prerequisites: NONE
Last Updated on MAR-24-2000
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