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Culture Interpretation Of Song Of Solomon

Posted on:2014-02-04Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J ZhouFull Text:PDF
GTID:2255330401971893Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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Toni Morrison is one of the famous American black woman writer. Her works depict the whole human society, which are expressed to the black community, black identity, black culture, race relations, gender politics, community and collective, the history of slavery and the attention of each respect."Song of Solomon" describes Milkman’s search for self and family history, depicts a young black man in identity and cultural roots of bumpy journey. It shows us the pain of contemporary American black youth under the bondage of hesitation and the tortuous of exploring. It encourages people to rethink the history and present situation of blacks. In the meanwhile, it provides recommendations for the black culture and the world cultural development. This paper focuses on the analysis of cultural connotation of "Song of Solomon", to excavate the positive role of cultural and social factors development on today’s society, and find the positive significance Morrison brings us.The main content of this thesis is divided into four chapters. The first chapter based on the culture standard of the work, which is Africa culture and tradition. Through the analysis of "Name""Song""Fly" in the work which have cultural symbolic significance, I try to find the Africa culture origin, and explore Morrison’s use of Africa culture elements, such as Black myths, folktales, ancestral culture, black music and so on. The second chapter tries to reveal the phenomenon of Black culture "Aphasia" performance, and the oppression of black culture brought by Human slavery and Racial discrimination. The third chapter uses the protagonist of "culture" as the main course, to explore the methods to complete the construction of the new racial identity and realize the national cultural identity. The fourth chapter based on the previous three chapters. Through comprehensive analysis of Morrison’s mining of black culture and her rethink of Black cultural development, I try to find the development enlightenment in black culture. Culture should adhere to standard as the basis, strengthen dialogue and exchange with the other culture at the same time. Only in different cultural model of continuous dialogue on the basis of this, the going beyond the cultural fusion will come true.
Keywords/Search Tags:Traditional culture, Identity construction, Cultural roots, Cultural fusion
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