Refutation of the Enlightenment Concept of “Self” in Toni Morrison’s “Sula”

As a post-modern novel, Toni Morrison’s “Sula” (1973) defies the concept of the “self” presented by the Enlightenment thinkers–a comprehensible, integrated being, since its protagonist is an inexplicable, splintered figure. Unlike the reasonable, self-controlled figures admired by the dominant disco...

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