REASSESSING THE PAST: MEMORY AND IDENTITY IN TONI MORRISONʼS HOME

Ksenija M. Kondali; Sandra V. Novkinić

doi:10.21618/fil2123487k

Autori

Ksenija M. Kondali Univerzitet u Sarajevu Filozofski fakultet
Sandra V. Novkinić Univerzitet u Bihaću Pedagoški fakultet

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21618/fil2123487k

Ključne reči:

Afroamerikanci, američka istorija, afroamerički roman, prisjećanje, identitet, trauma, Korejski rat, rasni odnosi

Apstrakt

Književni opus Toni Morison, vanredan po raznovrsnom i širokom obimu pripovjedačkih pristupa i tematskih zahvata, odlikuje postojana posvećenost razmatranju američke prošlosti sa stanovišta i pomoću sjećanja onih koji su u zvaničnoj istoriji bili izbrisani ili pogrešno predstavljeni. Cilj ovog rada jeste da analizira kako Morisonin roman Dom, koji je objavljen 2012. godine, rekonstruiše zanemarenu istoriju Afroamerikanaca kroz prisjećanja glavnog junaka, veterana Korejskog rata. U potrazi za identitetom, glavni lik pokušava dozvati u sjećanje prošlost, kako svoju ličnu, tako i svoje porodice. Istovremeno, priča o sudbinama likova u ovom romanu priziva dublje sagledavanje rasnih odnosa u Americi i raskrinkava mit o „fantastičnim pedesetim” dvadesetog vijeka u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama. U analizi romana Dom Toni Morison rad se oslanja na teorijsko-kritičke uvide autora kao što su bell hooks, da bi se ispitalo kako se oblikuje identitet glavnog junaka uz prisjećanja na prošla dešavanja i sa razvojem samopoštovanja.

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