The United Power of Communal Voice in Beloved

Polyphonic narrative refers to the narrative structure constituted by the consciousness of multiple independent voices in the text, and Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved is under the narrative framework with the common characteristics of polyphonic narrative, which provides a carrier for individuals to express themselves freely, and then forms the polyphonic narrative structure of multiple voices. This kind of polyphonic narrative, which respects individual thoughts, makes it possible for black women and black groups, who are always in the center of oppression and hegemony, and in the marginalized position of being suppressed and bullied, to obtain the possibility of multiple expressions. The cathartic function and healing power of voice demonstrated in this novel deserve sustained and in-depth study by readers.

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