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Think of Toni Morrison's "Rootedness" as her own version of Nabokov's "Good Readers," but more of a direct guide specifically for her writing. On this Padlet, post ONE of Toni Morrison's beliefs/goals/functions of her writing. 

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Think of Toni Morrison's "Rootedness" as her own version of Nabokov's "Good Readers," but more of a direct guide specifically for her writing. On this Padlet, post ONE of Toni Morrison's beliefs/goals/functions of her writing. 

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The hope is that by compiling and sharing this list on the discussion board, you will each reach a deeper understanding of what to look for in her writing when we start to journal.

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Toni Morrison incorporates her background/ancestors in her writing to connect to her audience.  To use her experience as a tone for the reader to imperet in their manner within her "guidelines".

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She says her work must be political not for her self pleasure of the people.

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One of Toni Morrison's beliefs is that black writers need to include their ancestors in their writing. She says without the ancestors, the writing will turn into disarray and the author will end up destroying their own novel.

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Writing should be able to be read silently, but also heard and understood out loud. Also, she believes writing is enhanced with a response from the reader.

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She believes that art and writing can be political and beautiful.

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She believes writing can be beautiful yet also have political meaning at the same time

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She thinks writing should be "beautiful, and powerful, but it should also work"

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One of her goal's is to speak directly to her black audience

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She bas a clear

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She holds the belief that her writing is simultaneously beautiful and political.

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Morrison cast light on the difficulties of African Americans through historical and contemporary context

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She wants the reader to be able to feel what the author is saying without having to identify with the author.

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One goal of hers is to speak directly to her black audience. She wants them to mention their ancestors in their writing

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she finds beauty in art and writing and at the same time can have political ideas

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she finds beauty in art and writing and at the same time can have political ideas

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she believes writing can be political but also beautiful

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she believes writing can be political but also beautiful

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She likes to have a clear moral/politcal theme in her fiction

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She believes there should be space created within the writing for the reader to participate and that the relationship between artist and audience is very important

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She believes that her work is political, and tries to relate to her readers as much as possible.

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A characteristic of her work is that is should have the ability to be both print and oral literature. She relates this to a Black preacher and how he invites people to join him in the sermon, which ties back to this idea of "individual within the context of a community".

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A characteristic of her work is that is should have the ability to be both print and oral literature. She relates this to a Black preacher and how he invites people to join him in the sermon, which ties back to this idea of "individual within the context of a community".