最蓝的眼睛.pptVIP

Paragraph 1-9 – the debut and description of “the brown girls”. Paragraph 10-53 – a small incident between the heroine Pecola Breedlove- a black girl and a boy and his brown mother. Themes Coldness between people Incomprehension, suspicion Loss of the ability to love Racial discrimination Growth problem * Group: 杨丹 张白翎 祁婷婷 by Toni Morrison (Toni Morrison 1931--) born February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio an American novelist, editor, and professor Her grandfather was born a slave. She is the second of four children in a working-class family. Her parents moved to Ohio to escape southern racism and instilled a sense of heritage through telling traditional African American folktales. In 1949 Morrison went to Howard University. She began writing fiction as part of an informal group of poets and writers who met to discuss their work. Later, she graduated in 1953 with a B.A. in English. (Toni Morrison 1931--) She went on to earn a Master of Arts from Cornell University in 1955. She taught English, first at Texas Southern University in Houston for two years, then at Howard for seven years. After the break up of her marriage, she worked as an editor, first in Syracuse and later in New York City where she worked for a textbook publisher as a senior editor. Morrison later went to work for Random House, where she edited works for such authors as Toni Cade Bambara. As an editor, Morrison played a vital role in bringing black literature into the mainstream (Toni Morrison 1931--) Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed black characters. Best known novels: The Bluest Eye (1970) Song of Solomon (1977) Beloved (1987) In 1988,She won the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award In 1993, Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. “Toni Morrison, who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic inport, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality.” (Toni Morrison 1931--) A