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Nov 3, 2009
Magic Watery Moment in Beloved
By: Kathy Hahn
Although desire for freedom is the overriding theme, Toni Morrison's novel, Beloved, is quite literally awash in its water-related motifs. more...
The Bodwins' At Yo Service
The Bodwin house . . . the loving, comfortable mid-1800's Ohio home of an upstanding abolitionist Quaker man and his sister-and a most despicable objet d'art. more...
Nov 2, 2009
Morrison Similar Characters Different
Toni Morrison's Beloved is well-stocked with vivid personalities and levels of individual insight/intelligence that adds a heightened richness to an already powerful stor more...
Oct 24, 2009
Casualties & Warriors; Celie and Dana
Oppressed and victimized, African-American female protagonists in Octavia Butler's Kindred (Dana) and Alice Walker's The Color Purple (Celie) exemplify the word casualty. more...
Kindred Shades of Gray; Octavia Butler's Kindred
African-American sci-fi author Octavia Butler's Kindred relates one Black woman's journey toward discovering/accepting her familial racial diversity. more...
Oct 18, 2009
Lesbian Love in The Color Purple
In Alice Walker's The Color Purple, the main character, Celie, is heavily influenced by Shug Avery, a bisexual woman slightly older chronologically but eons more worldly. more...
Aug 16, 2009
Suffering in Modern African-American Literature
By: Megan B. Wyatt
The theme of suffering is evident throughout African-American literature, and modern and postmodern themes of suffering reveal how these characters deal with suffering. more...
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