Tag Archives: Toni Morrison

Magical Realism: North America’s Top Five Authors

“Magical Realism” is a broadly descriptive term for a movement in fiction originally brought to prominence by the surrealist works of Czech author Franz Kafka (1883-1924). In stories of this type, the framework or surface may be suitably realistic, but the opposite elements – supernatural, myth, dreams and fantasy – invade realism and change the […]

Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies and Toni Morrison’s Beloved

The field of art is a broader one, which features as many unique genres as it has artists; There are no letters. One author explores the possibilities of a gay American finding romance and lust while living in modern-day Haiti, and another writer sets the work in the fictional city of Therapolis, where magical creatures […]

Race Analysis of Toni Morrison’s Beloved

Throughout history, race has affected people’s lives from day to day. Whether that is in the form of employment, education, or economic status, race is a prime factor. In this race analysis, I am going to investigate relationships between different races. More specifically, I will be looking at the relationship between black and white in […]