The Quilt Woven with Repressed Memories: Toni Morrison's Beloved

• 발행기관: 한국외국어대학교 영미연구소
• 저자명: Kim, Kyoung-sook
• 간행물 정보: 『영미연구』제28집, 3~26쪽, 전체 23쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2013.06.30

영문 초록

The text Beloved which amalgamates its characters' memories intricately resembles a sort of huge quilt woven out of various pieces of painful experiences of slavery. Just as the quilt is woven through various colorful pieces of cloth, Morrison's text juxtaposes various characters' traumatic experiences of slavery. This quilt-text, woven from the perspective of black ex-slaves, claims for revising the official version of American history, written from the perspective of the white historian. Morrison's peculiar narrative style full of fragments represents the fragmented life of the blacks who had to be uprooted from Africa, transported to America, and positioned under the yoke of slavery. More importantly, this speakerly text invites readers to fill in gaps in the text, incorporate their own memories and interpretations into it, and reconfigure the official version of national memory or amnesia.

목차

Ⅰ. Introduction

Ⅱ. In-Between Memories and Histories

Ⅲ. From Parts to the Whole

Ⅳ. The Black's Quilt vs The White's Ink

Ⅴ. Conclusion: The Quilt Readers Weave

Works Cited

Abstract

키워드

Toni Morrison Beloved history memory slavery quilt alternative historiography