Date of Award
Spring 1986
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
English
Abstract
Toni Morrison tackles the problems for which she does not have resolutions. In order to make an impact on readers and achieve a meaningful understanding, Morrison manipulates readers' emotions. She says, "My writing expects, demands participatory reading. The reader supplies the emotions. Then we (you, the reader, and I, the author) come together to make this book, to feel this experience" (Tate, 125). Morrison carefully positions her readers to see what her characters see and react as they would. Morrison feels if the readers can see the person experiencing the thing, they do not need an explanation. The illustration will provide the understanding.
Recommended Citation
Dorris, Joyce, "Toni Morrison's approach to understanding" (1986). Honors Theses. 330.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/honors-theses/330