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Morrison's Exploration of Morality Within the Anti-Community Framework

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PENG Kaixuan

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DOI:10.17265/1539-8080/2023.10.006

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University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

ABSTRACT

In the majority of Morrison's novels, the portrayal of black communities is positive, but in Sula, the community is depicted as fractured and antagonistic. Within this anti-community narrative framework, Morrison conducts a literary experiment, delving deep into our familiar notions of family and morality. This paper thoroughly examines Morrison's anti-community setting in her novels, analyzes the reasons and internal dynamics of such communities, and identifies the conveyed perspectives on family and morality within specific contexts.

KEYWORDS

black communities, anti-community, family, morality

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US-China Foreign Language, October 2023, Vol. 21, No. 10, 420-424 doi:10.17265/1539-8080/2023.10.006

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