Theme of Gender in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eyes and Sula

  • Nibras Ahmed Abdullah University of Gezira - Hantoub / College of Education / Department of English Language

Abstract

This study deals with Afro-American women novelist namely Toni Morrison. She explores“issues related to Gender which are clearly manifested in their lives and works. This"work"is a statement of Morrison's"anxiety"for"the debasement of ladies in the public eye. It is around"two"female heroes who have been conceived and raised by standards and a situation of sexual orientation, "sex"and love that shape their identities. “The female heroes Pocola and Sula speak to two distinct assessments and frames of mind toward sex jobs, sex"and"love. Pocola pursues the customary standards of society; while Sula for a mind-blowing duration rejects the conventional ideas“of ladylike 'duty' and declines to consider ladies to“be just spouses and moms. This paper additionally clarifies“how these standards and condition of sexual orientation, sex


 
Published
Aug 8, 2019
How to Cite
ABDULLAH, Nibras Ahmed. Theme of Gender in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eyes and Sula. Journal Of Al-Frahedis Arts, [S.l.], v. 11, n. 02, p. 493-509, aug. 2019. ISSN 2663-8118. Available at: <http://www.jaa.tu.edu.iq/index.php/art/article/view/541>. Date accessed: 26 nov. 2019. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.25130/art.v1i37.541.