Magical Realism in Neo-Slave Narratives: an Analysis of Toni Morrison’s Beloved and Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad

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dc.contributor.advisorBoyden, M.G.E.
dc.contributor.advisorKersten, D.
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, C.C.
dc.date.issued2023-01-31
dc.description.abstract‘Slavery resonates in the entire oeuvre of African American literature’ according to Timothy Spaulding. The subject of slavery being explored in so-called neo-slave narratives. These are contemporary novels that use or reinvent features from original slave narratives to emphasize the continued effects of slavery in the present. A recurring theme in neo-slave narratives is the presence of magical or supernatural elements that are interwoven into an otherwise realistic story. These novels are written in the genre of magical realism, a term that has been discussed for decades by the people such as of Alejo Carpentier, Lois Parkinson Zamora and Wendy B. Faris, and Amaryll Chanady. This thesis examines two neo-slave narratives in the magical realism genre (Toni Morrison's Beloved and Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad) and analyzes the use of the magical or supernatural elements in the novels.
dc.identifier.urihttps://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/14404
dc.language.isoen
dc.thesis.facultyFaculteit der Letteren
dc.thesis.specialisationspecialisations::Faculteit der Letteren::Master Letterkunde::Europese letterkunde
dc.thesis.studyprogrammestudyprogrammes::Faculteit der Letteren::Master Letterkunde
dc.thesis.typeMaster
dc.titleMagical Realism in Neo-Slave Narratives: an Analysis of Toni Morrison’s Beloved and Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad
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