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- Title
History as an Inevitable Element in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye and Ben Okri's The Famished Road.
- Authors
Rajini, P.
- Abstract
This paper in particular analyses the interconnectedness between history and reality of two different writers. This comparative literary study scrutinizes the narrative strategies of contemporary writers-Toni Morrison and Ben Okri. This paper argues the historic representation as a mode of rendering the past. Unrecognized pain of the past suffered by every individual stands as a history in the works of Toni Morrison and Ben Okri. Toni Morrison through her novel Beloved, recalls the system of slave trade practice held in her homeland to her fellow beings. She daringly unveils the lives of African American ancestors through her memories. On the other hand, focusing parallel study on Nigerian writer Ben Okri, the identity and the facts of Africa and its inner regions in his novel The Famished Road is brought out. He portrays much imagery to voice to those who are without any power. This comparative study represents history as a key role in representing the life of people and rewriting the histories through their narrative skill.
- Subjects
MORRISON, Toni, 1931-2019; OKRI, Ben, 1959-; SLAVE trade in literature; HISTORY in literature; NARRATION; BELOVED (Book : Morrison); FAMISHED Road, The (Book : Okri)
- Publication
Language in India, 2018, Vol 18, Issue 11, p98
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article