美国文学读书报告-作业.doc

外国语学院《美国文学》课程
读书报告
Beloved
《宠儿》
Ⅰ、The thought of<Beloved> from my perspective
∏、Basic Information
Name of the book: <Beloved>
Publishing house: Random House Books for Young Readers
Publishing time : 1987
ISBN: 978-037541156
Reading date: Winter vacation, 2012
Ⅲ、Introduction to the author
Toni Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia[1] Wofford on February 18, 1931), is a Nobel Prize-winning American author, editor, and professor. Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed black characters; among the best known are her novels< The Bluest Eye>< Song of Solomon> <and Beloved>,which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988. In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Toni Morrison on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.
In my eyes :Toni Morrison is a woman who holds a strong sense of responsibility for the black people .She also has a strong sense of the society and the history which e her abundant writing materials .She is a female who is full of optimistic altitude towards life .I do admire such a woman who is full of thought .She use her eyes to see something we can barely see ,she use her inner heart to feel what we can hardly feel .Thanks for her expanding my understanding about the culture and history of the black people
Ⅳ、Summary of the novel
This story set in 1873 just after the American Civil War (1861–1865), it is based on