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1. 1. The Consequences of Trauma in Toni Morrison’s Beloved : A Psychoanalytic Reading of Sethe and Denver

   Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Författare :Tina Eriksson; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Anxiety; Core issues; Defence mechanisms; Feminism; Freud; Narrative; Psychoanalysis; Repression; Slavery; Trauma;

   Sammanfattning : This essay’s main focus is on Sethe and her daughter Denver in Toni Morrison’s Beloved (1987) and how they try to survive the trauma that comes from slavery. By using psychoanalysis as a theoretical framework, the essay examines what psychological reactions Sethe and Denver have as two traumatised characters, and what happens to them psychologically when they are forced to face the repressed. LÄS MER

3. 2. Thick Love : A Psychoanalytical Study of Mother-Daughter Relationships in Toni Morrison’s Beloved

   Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för utbildningsvetenskap

   Författare :Khuteibe Hashim; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Psychoanalytical Criticism; Sigmund Freud; Jacques Lacan; Julia Kristeva; Beloved; Toni Morrison; Abjection; Semiotic; Symbolic; Imaginary; Mirror-stage; Defense Mechanism;

   Sammanfattning : This study employs psychoanalytical theories to explore how the conscious, unconscious, and subconscious workings of the mind, combined with a search for identity, are presented and dealt with in Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved (1987). It is done through a close reading and in-depth textual analysis of thematic concerns raised in the work. LÄS MER

4. 3. Trauma in Toni Morrison's Beloved : Literary Methods and Psychological Processes

   Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

   Författare :Rebecca Nyberg; [2020]
   Nyckelord :Toni Morrison; Beloved; dream image; primary and secondary process; displacement; condensation and repetition compulsion.;

   Sammanfattning : In this essay, the novel Beloved, by Toni Morrison is observed using a working psychoanalytical approach. Story is observed as an important factor in engaging the reader on a personal level with the experience of trauma. LÄS MER

5. 4. The Healing Power of the Ghost In Toni Morrison’s Beloved : An Analysis Through the Poststructuralist Lens

   Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Författare :Eva Yigit; [2020]
   Nyckelord :abject; Beloved; Derrida; deconstruction; écriture féminine; ghost; Kristeva; Morrison; motherhood; poststructuralism; semiotic order; spectrality; slavery; trauma.;

   Sammanfattning : This paper utilizes poststructuralist theory to investigate the polysemic nature of the eponymous character Beloved in Toni Morrison’s 1987 novel Beloved. The ghostly, anachronistic presence of Beloved renders the text open to multiple interpretations and this essay sets out to explore the ways in which meaning is created and communicated. LÄS MER

7. 5. Signifying in Toni Morrison’s Beloved

   Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

   Författare :Michelle Folashade Hansson; [2019]
   Nyckelord :Identity; language; autonomy; culture; spirituality; African American; signifying; power;

   Sammanfattning : This essay discusses how language, culture and spirituality are intertwined and used as a defensive mechanism as well as an identity marker, with strong emphasis on Toni Morrison’s Beloved. Language is not just a means of communication, but an interweaving of cultural nuances and a means of establishing identity, demanding autonomy and defying powerlessness. LÄS MER