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학술연구/단체지원/교육 등 연구자 활동을 지속하도록 DBpia가 지원하고 있어요.
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연구자들이 자신의 연구와 전문성을 널리 알리고, 새로운 협력의 기회를 만들 수 있는 네트워킹 공간이에요.
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The purpose of this study is to examine Africanism and the moral growth of the protagonist, Milkman in Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon. Toni Morrison, one of the most influential Afro-American female writers in America has dealt with subjects such as the black people’s search for self-identity and the urgent necessity of their moral growth in her works, which is closely related to Africanism. Song of Solomon is based upon Africanism and the African flying myth in order to dramatize Afro-Americans restoring their identity and authenticity by accepting their African roots. Moreover, the importance of relationship between black ancestors and descendants is represented in their realization of Africanism.
Macon Dead, Milkman’s dad, is the very person who belittles his black identity or heritage. His final goal of life is to accumulate wealth and to blindly follow white upper middle-class values, which leads to his moral degradation. He misleads Milkman into his wrong judgement of material superiority to spiritual ones. On the other hand, Milkman’s true insight into black inheritance, black cultural identity and ancestry, is given by his aunt, Pilate. She assumes the role leading Milkman to the authentic existence.
Most importantly, Milkman’s journey to Southern part of America, where Afro-American tradition is still alive, awakens him to a sense of black people’s vitalizing spiritual assets in history. It serves to slough off his spoiled past life and start his new life embodying Africanism. The protagonist's spiritual flight to self enables him to transcend his false life and to accept African positive values inherent in African tradition. The flight here refers to black people's return to Africanism, which is essential to their establishment of self-identity and integrity.
In conclusion, Morrison symbolically presents in Song of Solomon that black people can’t lead their lives worthy of Man and maintain human decency without their acceptance of the traditional innate Africanism.
Macon Dead, Milkman’s dad, is the very person who belittles his black identity or heritage. His final goal of life is to accumulate wealth and to blindly follow white upper middle-class values, which leads to his moral degradation. He misleads Milkman into his wrong judgement of material superiority to spiritual ones. On the other hand, Milkman’s true insight into black inheritance, black cultural identity and ancestry, is given by his aunt, Pilate. She assumes the role leading Milkman to the authentic existence.
Most importantly, Milkman’s journey to Southern part of America, where Afro-American tradition is still alive, awakens him to a sense of black people’s vitalizing spiritual assets in history. It serves to slough off his spoiled past life and start his new life embodying Africanism. The protagonist's spiritual flight to self enables him to transcend his false life and to accept African positive values inherent in African tradition. The flight here refers to black people's return to Africanism, which is essential to their establishment of self-identity and integrity.
In conclusion, Morrison symbolically presents in Song of Solomon that black people can’t lead their lives worthy of Man and maintain human decency without their acceptance of the traditional innate Africanism.
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1. 서론
2. 아프리카니즘의 상실
3. 아프리카니즘의 회복
4. 결론
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