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| Article Name : | | | SONG OF SOLOMON : THE REJUVENATION OF LEGACY | | Author Name : | | | P.ANANTHA LAKSHMI AND M.A.K. SUKUMAR | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-2375 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | The eventual pursuit for self and its accomplishment is found in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon (1977) an award winning novel. It narrates the hero's search for cultural identity. Milkman's journey explains the importance of the historical and cultural self and his responsibility to reconnect the loose historical cords of his memory. The quest of the hero built in bildungsroman is combined with the identity theme. Sexism is subservient to racism and capitalism in Song of Solomon because Toni Morrison realizes the fact, that the exploitation of African woman is the result of black man's national and class oppression. National and class oppression is experienced by the African in the United States. The African female is exploited by the African male due to this oppression. Toni Morrison's awareness enables her to create Pilate, a female protagonist, who takes pride and dignity in her Africanness. It is Pilate who teaches Milkman the first lesson in race and class consciousness. Mentors are 'the secondary characters who help the protagonist as lovers, educators and friends. | | Keywords : | | |
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