Novel The Bluest Eye and colour problem in America.

MEG-06

AMERICAN LITERATURE ASSIGNMENT 2017-2018 (Based on Blocks 1-9) 

Course Code: MEG-06/2017-18 Max. Marks: 100 

1. The novel The Bluest Eye deals with the colour problem in America. Discuss 

The white standards of beauty:  The valorization of white over black is not a recent phenomenon,  it
goes back in history in ancient time. Mani, a third century Persian, founded an Asiatic religion Manichaeism which was based on the duality of two principles: God and matter or the light and darkness. According to  Charles S.  Johnson, an American  context the  idea of blackness  has always  been perceived  in unfavorable light. Some of the phrases which suggest  the emotional and East headache implications of the idea of blackness are: ‘Black is evil’, “Black as sin”, “Black as  the devil”. In the popular thinking the evil and ugliness of blackness has always been put in contrast with the idea of goodness and purity of whiteness. In this respect one can say that the idea of blackness and whiteness not just a matter of colour but also has certain moral connotations.

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