Toni Morrison trilogy on American history
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The Toni Morrison trilogy on American history is a sequence of interconnected novels—typically identified as Beloved, Jazz, and Paradise—that explores the legacy of slavery, racial trauma, and African American community life across different historical periods in the United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Toni Morrison trilogy beginning with Beloved and Jazz | 1 |
| Toni Morrison trilogy on American history canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Toni Morrison trilogy on American history Context triple: [Jazz (novel), partOf, Toni Morrison trilogy on American history]
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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.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves is a multi-volume collection of first-person accounts by formerly enslaved people, compiled in the 1930s and 1940s and regarded as one of the most important primary sources on American slavery.
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C.
The Myth of the Negro Past
The Myth of the Negro Past is a pioneering 1941 anthropological study by Melville J. Herskovits that challenged prevailing racist assumptions by documenting the enduring African cultural heritage among African Americans.
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The Color Purple
The Color Purple is a 1985 drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, adapted from Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, that follows the life and struggles of an African American woman in the early 20th-century American South.
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E.
The Epic of America
The Epic of America is a 1931 historical and cultural study by James Truslow Adams that famously popularized and defined the concept of the “American Dream.”
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Toni Morrison trilogy on American history Target entity description: The Toni Morrison trilogy on American history is a sequence of interconnected novels—typically identified as Beloved, Jazz, and Paradise—that explores the legacy of slavery, racial trauma, and African American community life across different historical periods in the United States.
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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.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves is a multi-volume collection of first-person accounts by formerly enslaved people, compiled in the 1930s and 1940s and regarded as one of the most important primary sources on American slavery.
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C.
The Myth of the Negro Past
The Myth of the Negro Past is a pioneering 1941 anthropological study by Melville J. Herskovits that challenged prevailing racist assumptions by documenting the enduring African cultural heritage among African Americans.
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D.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple is a 1985 drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, adapted from Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, that follows the life and struggles of an African American woman in the early 20th-century American South.
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E.
The Epic of America
The Epic of America is a 1931 historical and cultural study by James Truslow Adams that famously popularized and defined the concept of the “American Dream.”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cycle of novels
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literary trilogy ⓘ novel ⓘ novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author |
Toni Morrison
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Toni Morrison ⓘ Toni Morrison ⓘ Toni Morrison ⓘ |
| awarded | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| focusesOn |
African American history
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Black communities in the American West ⓘ Great Migration and urban life ⓘ Reconstruction and its aftermath ⓘ post–Civil War era ⓘ |
| genre |
African American literature
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historical fiction ⓘ historical fiction ⓘ historical fiction ⓘ historical fiction ⓘ magic realism ⓘ modernist fiction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Beloved
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Jazz ⓘ Paradise ⓘ |
| language |
English
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English ⓘ English ⓘ English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
African American community life
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legacy of slavery in the United States ⓘ love and violence ⓘ memory and haunting ⓘ motherhood ⓘ racial trauma ⓘ religion and patriarchy ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ trauma and memory ⓘ urban African American life ⓘ utopian and separatist Black communities ⓘ violence and healing ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | interconnected novels ⓘ |
| publicationYear |
1987
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1992 ⓘ 1997 ⓘ |
| setDuring |
Harlem Renaissance
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mid-20th century United States ⓘ post–American Civil War period ⓘ |
| setIn |
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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surface form:
Cincinnati, Ohio
Harlem ⓘ
surface form:
Harlem, New York City
fictional town of Ruby, Oklahoma ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
19th century United States
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20th century United States ⓘ |
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