Sula

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literaryWork novel

Sula is a 1973 novel by American author Toni Morrison that explores Black female friendship, community, and identity in a small Ohio town.

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Sula Peace 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literaryWork ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Toni Morrison ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
explores gender roles ⓘ
intergenerational trauma ⓘ
morality ⓘ
race in America ⓘ
social ostracism ⓘ
genre African-American literature ⓘ
fiction ⓘ
novel of ideas ⓘ
hasCharacter Eva Peace ⓘ
Hannah Peace ⓘ
Jude Greene ⓘ
Nel Wright ⓘ
Shadrack ⓘ
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surface form: Sula Peace
hasRecognition considered a classic of African-American literature ⓘ
widely studied in American literature courses ⓘ
hasSubject African-American community ⓘ
betrayal ⓘ
female identity ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
individualism ⓘ
social conformity ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement postmodern literature ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
mainTheme Black female friendship ⓘ
community ⓘ
identity ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
protagonist Nel Wright ⓘ
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surface form: Sula Peace
publicationYear 1973 ⓘ
publisher Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
setInTimePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
settingCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
settingLocation Ohio ⓘ
settingType small town ⓘ

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Sula → hasCharacter → Sula self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sula Peace
Chloe → notableWork → Sula ⓘ
subject surface form: Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison
Sula → protagonist → Sula self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sula Peace