ENGL 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Toni Morrison

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 1200
• Professor: Ajay Heble

Document Summary

Appeals to both academic and popular readership. In novel prize speech: blind and wise. Language is viable source of human power and it is our responsibility to use it wisely. Centre character is male: ques for identity is related to his gender. As a part of civil rights movement. The importance of acknowledging black historical, cultural, social and political context: needs to be read knowing this context. Formalism/new criticism just about the words on the page. Represent the explicit critique of new criticism. Text like song of solomon insisted history is important, and do need to know about social context: contrary to the vies of new criticism. Assumption that language is neutral and value free are challenged. Involves overlapping population: struggles for african american identity is largely been a struggle against dominant forces. Identity: what does it mean to be both african and american.