Elements of the Grotesque in the Novels of Toni Morrison
| Thesis title in Czech: | Prvky groteskního žánru v románech Toni Morrison |
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| Thesis title in English: | Elements of the Grotesque in the Novels of Toni Morrison |
| Key words: | Toni Morrison, Afro-americká literatura, Žánr grotesky |
| English key words: | Toni Morrison, African-American literature, Grotesque |
| Academic year of topic announcement: | 2011/2012 |
| Thesis type: | Bachelor's thesis |
| Thesis language: | angličtina |
| Department: | Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures (21-UALK) |
| Supervisor: | Mgr. Pavla Veselá, Ph.D. |
| Author: | hidden - assigned and confirmed by the Study Dept. |
| Date of registration: | 29.06.2012 |
| Date of assignment: | 04.07.2012 |
| Administrator's approval: | not processed yet |
| Confirmed by Study dept. on: | 24.07.2012 |
| Date and time of defence: | 22.06.2015 00:00 |
| Date of electronic submission: | 01.06.2015 |
| Date of proceeded defence: | 22.06.2015 |
| Submitted/finalized: | committed by student and finalized |
| Opponents: | doc. Erik Sherman Roraback, D.Phil. |
| Guidelines |
| The aim of my bachelor thesis is to analyze the elements of the grotesque in the novels of Toni Morrison. The analyzed literature will include Morrison’s most popular novels such as Sula, Beloved, and The Bluest Eye. The thesis will begin with an introduction where the genre of grotesque writing will be defined and specified, and its literary origins will be traced; then Morrison’s novels will be addressed (their function, effect and role). Furthermore grotesque elements will be analyzed in terms of concrete representations of human disability, disfigurement and deformity. The dominant concept of Western white standard of beauty versus the Afro-American one will be taken into account. In addition the author’s choice of the concrete representations of the grotesque will be considered. The grotesque genre will be dealt with in respect to the specifics of Afro-American writing. |
| References |
| The Fiction of Toni Morrison: Reading and Writing on Race, Culture, and Identity. Ed. Jami Carlacio. Urbana: NCTE, 2007.
The Aesthetics of Toni Morrison: Speaking the Unspeakable. Ed. Marc Connor. Jackson: Mississippi UP, 2000. Davis, Lennard J. “Constructing Normalcy: The Bell Curve, the Novel, and the Invention of the Disabled Body in the Nineteenth Century.” The Disability Studies Reader. Ed. Lennard J. Davis. New York: Routledge, 1997. Approaches to Teaching the Novels of Toni Morrison. Eds. Nellie McKay and Kathryn Earle. Approaches to Teaching World Literature Series. Joseph Gibaldi, ed. New York: MLA, 1997. Russo, Mary. The Female Grotesque: Risk, Excess and Modernity. New York: Routledge, 1994. Matus, Jill. Toni Morrison. London: Manchester United Press, 1998. Meindl, Dieter. American Fiction and the Metaphysics of the Grotesque. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State UP, 1998. Davis, Christine. “An Interview with Toni Morrison.” Conversations with Toni Morrison. Ed. Danille Taylor-Guthrie. Jackson: Mississippi UP, 1994. |