The Fiction of Toni Morrison

Reading and Writing on Race, Culture, and Identity

• Author(s): Jami L. Carlacio,
• Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English
• Pages: 279
• ISBN_10: 0814116795
  ISBN_13: 9780814116791
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Education / Teaching / General , Education / Teaching / Subjects / Language Arts , History / United States / 20th Century , Language Arts & Disciplines / Writing / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Literacy , Literary Criticism / General , Literary Criticism / American / African American & Black , Literary Criticism / Women Authors , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General ,

Description:... A collection of essays offering new and experienced teacher-scholars alternative ways to approach Toni Morrison's fiction and prose in the classroom, focusing on the history of racism and identity and cultural politics.

Designed to facilitate a richer understanding of Toni Morrison's work, this book features classroom-tested approaches and pedagogical suggestions for teaching each of Morrison's novels as well as the fascinating short story "Recitatif." Each chapter includes questions and suggestions for classroom discussions, projects, and essays that illustrate how students can more fully understand Morrison's contributions to American culture--particularly the history of racism as well as identity and cultural politics. In addition to offering a broad variety of classroom approaches to the texts, The Fiction of Toni Morrison promotes critical thinking by asking students to investigate issues of whiteness, historiography, critical race theory, and narratology. The book concludes with six sample student essays and a useful bibliography.