The Bluest Eye
E18843
The Bluest Eye is Toni Morrison’s debut novel, a seminal work of African American literature that explores themes of race, beauty, and identity through the tragic story of a young Black girl in 1940s Ohio.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Bluest Eye canonical | 12 |
| The Bluest Eye (1970) | 2 |
| The Bluest Eye (1970 novel) | 1 |
| The Bluest Eye universe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T150280 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Bluest Eye Context triple: [Toni Morrison, notableWork, The Bluest Eye]
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A.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon is a critically acclaimed novel by Toni Morrison that explores African American identity, family history, and the search for personal freedom through the life of its protagonist, Milkman Dead.
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B.
Beloved
"Beloved" is a critically acclaimed novel by Toni Morrison that explores the haunting legacy of slavery through the story of a formerly enslaved woman and her family.
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C.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God is a seminal 1937 novel by Zora Neale Hurston that follows the life and self-discovery of Janie Crawford in the early 20th-century American South.
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D.
Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
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E.
Shirley
Shirley is the given name of Shirley Ann Jackson, a prominent American physicist and trailblazing academic leader.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Bluest Eye Target entity description: The Bluest Eye is Toni Morrison’s debut novel, a seminal work of African American literature that explores themes of race, beauty, and identity through the tragic story of a young Black girl in 1940s Ohio.
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A.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon is a critically acclaimed novel by Toni Morrison that explores African American identity, family history, and the search for personal freedom through the life of its protagonist, Milkman Dead.
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B.
Beloved
"Beloved" is a critically acclaimed novel by Toni Morrison that explores the haunting legacy of slavery through the story of a formerly enslaved woman and her family.
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C.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God is a seminal 1937 novel by Zora Neale Hurston that follows the life and self-discovery of Janie Crawford in the early 20th-century American South.
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D.
Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
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E.
Shirley
Shirley is the given name of Shirley Ann Jackson, a prominent American physicist and trailblazing academic leader.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
debut novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| adaptation | stage adaptation ⓘ |
| author | Toni Morrison ⓘ |
| awarded | Ohioana Book Award for Fiction ⓘ |
| character |
Cholly Breedlove
ⓘ
Pauline Breedlove ⓘ |
| controversy | frequent book challenges in U.S. schools ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
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literary fiction ⓘ tragic novel ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0-03-008148-7 ⓘ |
| includedIn | American literary canon ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
African-American literature
ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Claudia MacTeer
ⓘ
Frieda MacTeer ⓘ Pecola Breedlove ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective |
first-person narration
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third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrator | Claudia MacTeer ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of Eurocentric beauty ideals
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exploration of Black girlhood ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| publisher | Holt, Rinehart and Winston ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| settingPeriod | 1940s ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Lorain, Ohio, United States
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surface form:
Lorain, Ohio
|
| structure | nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
African-American girls
ⓘ
Black communities in the Midwest ⓘ |
| taughtIn |
high school curricula
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university literature courses ⓘ |
| theme |
Black identity
ⓘ
assimilation ⓘ beauty standards ⓘ child abuse ⓘ colorism ⓘ family dysfunction ⓘ internalized racism ⓘ poverty ⓘ psychological trauma ⓘ racism ⓘ sexual violence ⓘ white supremacy ⓘ |
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Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison
this entity surface form:
The Bluest Eye (1970)
this entity surface form:
The Bluest Eye universe
this entity surface form:
The Bluest Eye (1970)
this entity surface form:
The Bluest Eye (1970 novel)