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Toni Morrison’s Strategy of Names in Song of Solomon
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In the Song of Solomon, a lot of peculiar names, explanations for names and how to give names appear. Milkman’s search for his ancestors’ names in the South juxtaposes his quest for identity. Names play a crucial role in this novel. This study aims to pursue what Morrison’s strategies are through names and naming. First, names and naming in the novel are ways to resist the hegemony of white society which employed slavery. In slavery, African-Americans were treated as mere pieces of property. Therefore, their individuality was ignored. They were given names by their slave-holders without any concern for their identities. Concerning this, Morrison regards the Bible as neither innocent nor transcendent since it carries a value of literacy foreign to African culture. Second, names and naming can also be witness to the history of slavery, its oppression or unliberated situation even after emancipation from slavery. Guitar accepts his name, Guitar Bains, which originated from his father’s owner. Milkman has come to accept his name as a testimony of his mother's loneliness. Also, he has learned that the power to give a name is trivial, rather the power to give a name its meaning is more significant. Third, Morrison tries to reveal the African tradition through names and naming. She introduces Pilote’s supernatural ability which relates to the attributes of Africans. She also shows that Africans are not familiar with the letter symbols. For example, Macon Dead 1 (Pilote’s father) selects his daughter’s name from the Bible not because of the meaning of the words but because of shapes of them. And this naming was handed down to his children. In the novel which emphasizes names, Morrison insists that the greatest challenge of the named is to re-define given names appropriately and to create meaningful lives. Through these naming strategies, Morrison restrains us from acquiescing to Euro-American cultural hegemony.
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In the Song of Solomon, a lot of peculiar names, explanations for names and how to give names appear. Milkman’s search for his ancestors’ names in the South juxtaposes his quest for identity. Names play a crucial role in this novel. This study aims to pursue what Morrison’s strategies are through names and naming. First, names and naming in the novel are ways to resist the hegemony of white society which employed slavery. In slavery, African-Americans were treated as mere pieces of property. Therefore, their individuality was ignored. They were given names by their slave-holders without any concern for their identities. Concerning this, Morrison regards the Bible as neither innocent nor transcendent since it carries a value of literacy foreign to African culture. Second, names and naming can also be witness to the history of slavery, its oppression or unliberated situation even after emancipation from slavery. Guitar accepts his name, Guitar Bains, which originated from his father’s owner. Milkman has come to accept his name as a testimony of his mother's loneliness. Also, he has learned that the power to give a name is trivial, rather the power to give a name its meaning is more significant. Third, Morrison tries to reveal the African tradition through names and naming. She introduces Pilote’s supernatural ability which relates to the attributes of Africans. She also shows that Africans are not familiar with the letter symbols. For example, Macon Dead 1 (Pilote’s father) selects his daughter’s name from the Bible not because of the meaning of the words but because of shapes of them. And this naming was handed down to his children. In the novel which emphasizes names, Morrison insists that the greatest challenge of the named is to re-define given names appropriately and to create meaningful lives. Through these naming strategies, Morrison restrains us from acquiescing to Euro-American cultural hegemony.
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