A Study Of The Construction Of Female’s Subjectivity In Toni Morrison’s Beloved

The thesis attempts to explore Morrison’s unique writing strategy and analyze the construction of the black female subjectivity in Beloved at the help of the black feminist criticism theory to enrich the study of this novel.The writer thinks that Morrison uses her unique writing style to subvert the traditional narrative method, which mainly focuses on the male. Therefore, the black female can get the right of speech. In accordance with the theoretical viewpoints of the black feminist criticism, obtaining the right of speech marks the victory of the female in the patriarchal society. The black women can express themselves effectively, accepting the trauma of the history all by themselves, and then constructing their subjectivity, which all depend on this victory.The writer believes that the construction of black female’s subjectivity is an incremental process. And the writer divides it into three phases, which is the lack, the awakening and the deepening and expanding of female subjective consciousness. Through the writer’s analysis, the readers can see the heroine of the novel, who is lack of subjective consciousness at the beginning. However, they begin to realize the oppression that they suffered after a series of torment. Then they choose to fight against this kind of oppression instinctively. Through a series of means, like resisting constantly, accepting the trauma bravely, obtaining the economical independence, the black female develop this resist into the initiative action. At the end of the novel, the readers can see the subjectivity of the black female was constructed. Through the studies of Beloved, the writer believes that the black female could construct their subjectivity only by getting out of the shadow of past, revaluing themselves, cherishing their ethnic culture and getting the economic independence.