Morrison does not work within generic traditions: rather, she transforms those generic traditions. Accordingly, this paper will first highlight the poetics of genre relying on Northrop Frye’s theoretical framework reading Morrison’s The Bluest Eye as a novel defying rigid generic classifications. Morrison’s genius lies in mixing genres altogether to render the journey of Pecola, the protagonist of the novel, more vivid and more authentic. It is worthy to note that The Bluest Eye is a coming-of-age novel, a tragedy, a sermon and a parody. The Bluest Eye is a 1970 novel by Toni Morrison that explores the relationship between beauty and race. From this vantage point, Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye will be a reference text to cast light on the intersection between the politics of form and the poetics of content. It is this idea that has urged the appraisal of genre.
Form and content are inextricably interrelated. This presentation of a young person's life argues for The Bluest Eye's inclusion on an adolescent reading list.This paper thrives on the idea that the study of verbal art can and must surpass the division between an abstract formal approach and an equally interpretative ideological approach.
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Claudia's voice is the one that implicates not only the adult community but also her and her sister in Pecóla's mental destruction. Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe. Although Morrison's work is one dealing with the tragic circumstances in a adolescent females life that severely scars her for the rest of her life, The Bluest Eye also contains the story of the young black female Claudia and her sister Freída who are able to overcome the oppressive attitudes of the adult world and find their own subjective voices. The examination uses specific moments from the text that highlight race, gender and class attitudes from various adults to demonstrate that the path to adulthood for the adolescent is especially treacherous for the young, black female. This rejection ultimately silences Pecóla, destroys her state of child-like innocence (accentuated by her passionate desire for blue eyes), and forces her into the harsh realities of the adult world while retaining the mental thoughts of a child. Pecola Breedlove seeks a nurturing relationship in an adult world of white, assimilationist attitudes but only finds rejection and misery because of her particular racial, gender and class status.
As a book heralded for its richness of language and boldness of vision it is featured in Oprahs Book Club 2000 with a description that it remains one of Toni Morrisons most powerful, unforgettable novels- and a significant work of American fiction. As a book heralded for its richness of language and boldness of vision it is featured in Oprah's Book Club 2000 with a description that it remains one of Toni Morrison's most powerful, unforgettable novels. The examination argues that out of Toni Morrison's first three novels The Bluest Eye, Sula, and Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye is the most qualified as a work of adolescent literature that discusses how race, gender and class affects the young, black female despite its "adult" content. This paper focuses on her first novel The Bluest Eye which is a testament of her concerns for the blacks, for the poor and for the women. This paper focuses on her first novel The Bluest Eye which is a testament of her concerns for the blacks, for the poor and for the women.
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