The author deals with the novel Beloved, by the Afro-American author Toni Morrison, as a postcolonial novel. After a short overview of the life and work of Toni Morrison, the author presents her reasons for studying the novel as postcolonial. Further she analyses the processes of remembering and of presenting history, which she recognizes as key for the former slaves’ dealing with trauma and as a chance for them to write their own history. First the paper is concerned with the themes of self-actualization and the meaning of community and their connection to remembering and further with the themes of love and motherhood.
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