![]() Today, we claim to know what slavery was but Toni Morrison in her cult novel Beloved shows us that we can’t even be close to grasp that horror. It was a loaded word, weighted down by the bodies and souls of many fought for it and knew that it was the difference between life and death. ![]() “anything dead coming back to life hurts.”įreedom as we know today is quite different from what Toni Morrison’s people knew back then. Her most famous and must read novels are “The Bluest Eye” (was banned in some parts of U.S.), “Beloved” (you can find a student review here in this blog), “The Song of Solomon” (said to be one of the favorites of President Obama) and “Sula”.įreeing yourself was one thing claiming ownership of that freed self was another. She generally draws the theme of her books from slavery and they take place in the past but in some novels, she elaborates on racial discrimination in a more recent context. It is totally unfair to reduce such a great author, poet and essayist here in just a single list item, but she is someone you must read. Some of the foremost representatives of Southern Gothic genre you can find in the list below and in our library □ The scenery they use is generally a small town in the middle of vast barren lands, common people with doubts and hostility towards each other and elements of evil either in the form of criminal or supernatural. The South States have a haunted legacy and some authors prefers to draw on the effect of it on everyday life. ![]() However, not all Southern Gothic literature is about slavery. This way with these Gothic elements a new Genre of Southern Gothic was born. As most of these slaves came from Africa, they brought with them their religions and cultures which they took refuge against the everyday horrors and this way the African religions, spells and voodoo tradition became a part of the slavery narrative of the South. Thus, the horrors of slavery were mainly linked with these states known for their outrageous treatment of slaves. These are foremost Georgia, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. The South States, as you know, were the ones who were in favor of slavery and where most slave-intensive labor were due to the huge cotton and sugar cane plantations. ![]() Southern Gothic is a genre of literature given to the literary pieces taking their theme from the American South. ![]()
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