Escape from and Replay of Racial Wounds in “Beloved”

Mengjia Li

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Escape from and Replay of Racial Wounds in “Beloved”

Mengjia Li

Published in International Journal of Literature and Arts (Volume 3, Issue 6)

Received: 30 October 2015 Accepted: 11 November 2015 Published: 10 December 2015

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Abstract

Morrison's "Beloved" chronicles the brutality of slavery in North America as well as deep trauma to the black community. The abolishment of slavery failed to grant the black and their descents a relief, on the contrary, it produces a more severe post-traumatic stress, disrupting the normal life and the spiritual world of the survivors. Faced with the emotional experience of trauma, many victims choose to escape, but no matter how hard they try, the painful memories still replay in various forms and haunt them. The author analyzes the symptoms of the characters, showing the inability and struggling of the black community in the shadow of trauma and persecution.

Published in	International Journal of Literature and Arts (Volume 3, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijla.20150306.16
Page(s)	162-165
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2015. Published by Science Publishing Group

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Racial Trauma, Symptoms, Escape, Replay

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Mengjia Li

Department of English Language, College of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Xiamen University, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, China

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