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- Title
The "Tilted Man's" Quest for Home: Mourning and Melancholia in Toni Morrison's Home.
- Authors
Madi, Noor Abu; Al-Khalili, Raja Khaleel
- Abstract
The paper focuses on the portrayal of the racial problem and its effects on the African American individual as depicted in Toni Morrison's novel, Home (2012). The novel is similar to other works written by Morrison in that the events of the story are set in specific historical periods to portray the dangers of racism on the African American individual irrespective of gender and the threat it poses to the African American community and the American nation as a whole. The personal narrative of Frank's past and his journey can be understood within Hayden White's concept of "emplotment." Also, the researchers rely on Sigmund Freud's notes on "Mourning and Melancholia" as a useful theoretical context that aids in explaining Frank's psychological status which is a result of racism, homelessness, and estrangement. Morrison goes into the causes of how an individual becomes melancholic, ambivalent, and detached from himself/herself and the community. Finally, the implications of the novel's racial tensions in American society at large can be understood within Bhabha's postcolonial theory.
- Subjects
RACIAL differences; AFRICAN Americans; HOME (Book : Morrison); MORRISON, Toni, 1931-2019; FREUD, Sigmund, 1856-1939
- Publication
Language in India, 2021, Vol 21, Issue 9, p1
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article