Author(s)

Fan Lina, Huang Dapeng

Corresponding Author

Fan Lina

Abstract

Toni Morrison is a famous contemporary American writer and the first Africa American woman who win the Nobel Prize for literature. Beloved is regarded as the best work ever written by Morrison. In this novel, Toni Morrison uses a large number of myths and archetypes. Through the myths and archetypes, the complex religious and cultural identity of African Americans as an ethnic group is revealed.

Keywords

Toni Morrison; Beloved; myths; archetypes