The Bluest
Eye
Eye
– Toni
Morrison
Morrison
Toni Morrison: A Brief Introduction
Toni Morrison is a well known woman
writer of America. She was born in 1931 in Lorain, Ohio, America. Lorain, Ohio, America is a setting of her maiden (first) novel, “The
Bluest Eye” published in 1970. She has penned many novels. “Sula”, “Song of Solomon” , “Beloved”,
“Tar Baby”, “Jazz” and “Paradise” are her well-known novels.
She was awarded the most coveted ‘Nobel Prize’ for literature in 1993.
writer of America. She was born in 1931 in Lorain, Ohio, America. Lorain, Ohio, America is a setting of her maiden (first) novel, “The
Bluest Eye” published in 1970. She has penned many novels. “Sula”, “Song of Solomon” , “Beloved”,
“Tar Baby”, “Jazz” and “Paradise” are her well-known novels.
She was awarded the most coveted ‘Nobel Prize’ for literature in 1993.
Racial discrimination, search for
identity of the Black people, exploitation of the Black people by the White,
women’s exploitation and feminism are her most favourite themes. Her
novels focus the life of the black people in America. She attacks on the
inhuman treatment given to the black by the white. She presents the real social
and political picture of the American society. Morrison is a great Champion of
the rights of the blacks like other black writers – Richard Wright and James Baldwin. She rejects
white dominance.
identity of the Black people, exploitation of the Black people by the White,
women’s exploitation and feminism are her most favourite themes. Her
novels focus the life of the black people in America. She attacks on the
inhuman treatment given to the black by the white. She presents the real social
and political picture of the American society. Morrison is a great Champion of
the rights of the blacks like other black writers – Richard Wright and James Baldwin. She rejects
white dominance.
The Bluest Eye is a maiden novel by Toni Morrison. It was published in 1970. Its major themes are:
I) Racial Discrimination
II) American Concept of Beauty
III) Women’s Exploitation
IV) Sex
Technique employed in the novel is ‘Flashback Narrative Technique’. It depicts the story of Pecola, female protagonist of the novel. Claudia is a narrator of the novel.
