African Tradition in Toni Morrison's "Sula.".

Lewis, Vashti Crutcher

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Publication Date: 1987

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African Tradition in Toni Morrison's "Sula."

Lewis, Vashti Crutcher

Phylon, v48 n1 p91-97 Mar 1987

In "Sula" Toni Morrison writes from an African point of view, an African aesthetic. In the book the African presence is subtly woven into Black American culture. Events in the lives of the characters Sula and Shadrack are linked with West African culture and religion. (BJV)

Descriptors: Authors, Black Culture, Black Literature, Foreign Culture, Imagery, Literary Criticism, Motifs, Mythology, Nationalism, Novels, Religious Cultural Groups

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