Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education
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Journal

Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education


Volume
& Issue

Volume 11, Issue 3


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Pages

1282-1291


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Article

Revivification of Ghost- Goddess tales: Exploring Cultural Haunting and Spirituality in Minority American Fiction.


Authors

Muneeba Mallick Affiliation:
PhD Research Scholar, Department of English, Vels Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies (VISTAS), Chennai
and A. A. Jayashree Prabhakar Affiliation:
Professor, Department of English, Vels Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies (VISTAS), Chennai


Abstract

The aim of this paper is to examine minority American writers Ana Castillo and Toni Morrison ’s novels, exploring their interest in supernatural phenomena, their aesthetics and choice of portrayal of ghosts, sometimes evolving as spiritual goddesses, through the lens of the Brogan ’s Theory of Cultural Haunting. They manage to depict their characters as not just dwelling on the atrocities in their ethnic pasts, but ones thwarting the current patriarchal paradigm, and investigating and opting for various ways of survival in the contemporary world , while battling to construct a practical option in contrast to their intangibility inside the existing predominant culture. For this reason, I will dissect the novels So far from God and Beloved, also calling to attention the supernatural element’s effect on the remainder of the characters, on both individual and aggregate levels, and its relationship with the Ethnic American community. The paper hopes to elaborate on the ways in which Castillo and Morrison develop their ghost characters not just to reminiscence about the traumatic oppressions and the stigma of slavery of the past , but they also appropriate the feminine in their use of spirituality to empower their characters ,delving into their pasts and ending up reformulating a better future .This study hopes to advance further interest in similar comparative analyses of minority literary works exploring other forms of spirituality in the fantastical realm and the relevance of its use .


Keywords

Castillo, ghost, goddess, spirituality, cultural haunting


Citation

Mallick, M. & Prabhakar, A. A. J. (2020). Revivification of ghost- goddess tales: Exploring cultural haunting and spirituality in minority american fiction. Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education, 11(3), 1282–1291.

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