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Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
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Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
1994
Description
Toni Morrison's purpose in her novels is to encourage her readers to imitate her heroes' journey in their own lives. Through her protagonists' successes and failures on their monomythic quests (to use the term of Joseph Campbell), Morrison educates her readers. Campbell states that a successful hero must complete three phases: separation, initiation, and return. In The Bluest Eye, Pecola Breedlove's poor choices cause failure; she stays in the separation phase. Milkman Dead from Song of Solomon reaches the initiation stage but fails to return with his boon. Denver of Beloved is the only successful heroine; she returns to the world with a treasure, providing Morrison's readers with a fully heroic model.
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Extent
55 p.
Subject (Topical)
Identifier
15053
Additional Information
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1994.
Date Backup
1994
Date Text
1994
Date Issued (EDTF)
1994
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FAU
FAU
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FADT15053
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monographic
Organizations
Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
Person Preferred Name
Golden, Diane M.
Graduate College
Physical Description
55 p.
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Title Plain
mythic quest for selfhood in Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye," "Song of Solomon," and "Beloved"
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Origin Information
1994
monographic
Boca Raton, Fla.
Florida Atlantic University
Physical Location
Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Place
Boca Raton, Fla.
Sub Location
Digital Library
Title
mythic quest for selfhood in Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye," "Song of Solomon," and "Beloved"
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The
mythic quest for selfhood in Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye," "Song of Solomon," and "Beloved"