The Essence of Language in Toni Morrison’s View through an Analysis of Her Nobel Lecture and Novels

In 1993,the Nobel Prize of Literature was granted to an American black woman writer,Toni Morrison.She disclosed the features of language in her Nobel Lecture with a story of"the bird-in-hand".Language is both a tool of the ruling class to govern people and a tool fort he common people to understand society and express themselves.Morrison has a deep understanding of it and makes good use of the features to express women’s liberation and racial liberation in her works,which make her language peculiar and her ...

The Essence of Language in Toni Morrison's View through an Analysis of Her Nobel Lecture and Novels

In 1993.the Nobel Prize of Literature was granted to an American black woman writer,Toni Morrison.She disclosed the features of language in her Nobel Lecture with a story of"the bird-in-hand".Language is both a tool of the ruling class to govern people and a tool for the common people to understand society and express themselves.Morrison has a deep understanding of it and makes good use of the features to express women's liberation and racial liberation in her works,which make her language peculiar and her novels of great social value.