ENG140Y1 Lecture 8: 08 Beloved 1
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Context of author et al: toni morrison: born in ohio during the depression; grandparents were sharecroppers; went to howard u. , then cornell. Beloved holds widespread acclaim; nobel prize awarded shortly after: the word relatable: changed in meaning, increased in use over time. Toni morrison thinking about relatable-ness when writing beloved: in beloved, morrison wrestles with the idea of making slavery relatable. Try to get us to relate, but also keep it in our mind that we can never really understand the experience of slavery. 124 bluestone road, ohio; sweet home, a kentucky plantation; a work camp in. Alfred, georgia; delaware; an ambiguous, pre-slavery place (not speaking eng) Time settings & historical context; throughout the mid-19th century: denver born in 1855, away from sweet home (only one who was never a slave) Civil war is 1861-65, but problems re: slavery remain during reconstruction.
