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Conversion of the search for utopian world order to dystopia in context of colonialism in Toni Morrison's works

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2024
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The concept of racism, which is both the origin and outcome of the processes of removal, marginalisation, and sterilisation, forms the basis of black literature. The old colonial system, which began with geographical discoveries, is the foundation of racism, which encompasses colour, gender, and class discrimination. Although the old colonial system was considered to have been terminated by the West during the twenty-first century, it still exists in different versions of the new colonial system. The fact that black is described as an item of white in the goddess game indicates that the 'American Dream' utopia, which the West aims to establish, has turned into a dystopia for the black. Afro-American Toni Morrison, who is one of the most well-known authors in the black literature, reflects the 'white thought' utopia through the characters and stories on the basis of real events in history and is the voice of black in this respect. Morrison's works point out the chaotic aspect of slavery that blacks are directly or indirectly implicated in. In this thesis, the conversion of white thought utopia to black dystopia is conveyed by examining Toni Morrison's works Beloved (1987), The Bluest Eye (1970), and Home (2012). The works analysed are scrutinized according to themes such as the dilemma of belonging, self-compliance, identity crisis, motherhood in the slave system, and the pursuit of black individuals for whiteness. In this context, this study aims to examine various traumatic situations in the inner world of black society, with a focus on the counter-utopia of exploitation

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Edanur Zengin

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Edanur Zengin (Master Thesis). Conversion of the search for utopian world order to dystopia in context of colonialism in Toni Morrison's works, 2024, Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversity.

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