Vis enkel innførsel

dc.contributor.advisorCastor, Laura
dc.contributor.authorBerre, Tone
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-13T09:32:50Z
dc.date.available2009-01-13T09:32:50Z
dc.date.issued2008-11-17
dc.description.abstractAfrican American music and contemporary African American literature are connected both thematically and structurally. This thesis examines the various ways in which Toni Morrison draws on the cultural traditions of her ancestors, especially blues and jazz music, in creating her sixth novel, Jazz. My analysis includes the important contexts of the history and culture of black Americans from slavery and to the present. Slaves brought with them their traditions and music, out of which musical forms including blues and jazz has have emerged. Also, black folklore is embedded in the slave narratives and it survives and is transformed in contemporary African American fiction, such as Toni Morrison’s. Jazz overflows with black history, culture, and traditions. This is especially apparent in her use of African American music, which is at the core of characterization, dialogue, structure, imagery and the themes of the novel. The first two chapters address theoretical issues. The thesis examines for example what a number of critics have written about repetition and improvisation in an African American cultural context, as well as the African American women’s struggle for voice and recognition, and how cultural tradition has played an important part in this process. The second chapter focuses on how African Americans have transformed culture to meet their changing needs throughout history, and how both culture and people have survived as a result. My particular focus is on black women and their artistic expression. Chapter three analyses the characters, narrator and intended reader, and their conscious or unconscious relationship to music in Jazz. The fourth chapter explores ways in which Morrison uses musical principles of jazz to structure the novel.en
dc.format.extent1497735 bytes
dc.format.extent2060 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.format.mimetypetext/plain
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/1717
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_1482
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherUniversitetet i Tromsøen
dc.publisherUniversity of Tromsøen
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2008 The Author(s)
dc.subject.courseIDENG-3992nor
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Litteraturvitenskapelige fag: 040::Engelsk litteratur: 043en
dc.subjectToni Morrisonen
dc.subjectAfrican American Cultureen
dc.subjectContemporary African American women´s writingen
dc.subjectBluesen
dc.subjectWork songsen
dc.subjectRepetitionen
dc.subjectImprovisationen
dc.subjectAfrican American musicen
dc.subjectIdentityen
dc.subjectFolkloreen
dc.subjectCall-and-Responseen
dc.subjectJazzen
dc.titleVariations on a theme : the role of music in Toni Morrison´s Jazzen
dc.typeMaster thesisen
dc.typeMastergradsoppgaveen


Tilhørende fil(er)

Thumbnail
Thumbnail

Denne innførselen finnes i følgende samling(er)

Vis enkel innførsel