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This paper consists of five parts, focusing on Milkman’s confusion of his self-identity and his finding of his self-identity. Troubled by the feelings of loss and confusion, Milkman determined to go to the south to find the hidden gold. Accidentally, on his journey Milkman gradually established his cultural identity and gained the love ability with many native people’s assistance.
2. Literature Review
In the west, the criticisms on Toni Morrison’s works began from the late 1970s. In 1977, the first comment on Toni Morrison’s work was published in First world. After Morrison won the Nobel Prize for literature, comments on her works became deeper and wider. In the 1990s, critics usually adopted the race and gender perspective, such as Barbara Hill Rigney’s The Voice of Toni Morrison. Later, the essayist made a comparison between Toni Morrison and others, such as Sarah Orne Jewett, with their attention to African American culture. In the 20th century, psychoanalytic approaches were often used to analyze the works of Toni Morrison.
In China, the studies on Toni Morrison’s works started from around 1993 in which she won the Nobel Prize as the first black woman writer in America. In 1999, Gender, Race and Culture—Toni Morrison and 20th Century African Literature written by Wang Shouren and Wu Xinyun published. It became the first Chinese book to study systematically the works of Toni Morrison in depth, which meant domestic studies on Toni Morrison’s works had stepped into a new era. Afterwards, detailed introduction about the author and her works was made in many books, such as A Survey of American Literature written by Chang Yaoxin, A Study of the Identity Pursuit of African Americans in Toni Morrison’s Fiction by Hu Jun and so on. The collection of critical essays titled Critical Essays on Toni Morrison’s Fiction reveals that Chinese critics have made a great deal of efforts in promoting the study of Morrison in China. Many scholars have been studying Toni Morrison’s works and they usually adopt the perspectives of feminism, narratology, culture, etc. Very few critics make an analysis from the two aspects of cultural identity and love ability simultaneously.
In summary, the previous studies of Song of Solomon concentrate on the topics of metaphor, narration, race and gender. This paper tries to conduct an analysis of Song of Solomon from perspectives of love ability and cultural identity. The analysis of black cultural identity helps the Afro-Americans know more about their own culture and make a good survival in a culture dominated by the white. Black culture plays a vital role in American culture and it is also a necessary part of it. The love ability promotes the establishment of harmonious relationships, which facilitates the harmony of the world. Song of Solomon promotes readers’ understanding of African traditional culture and the importance of love ability. Song of Solomon could help readers comprehend more about black culture which is beneficial to the preservation of black culture and assures the world culture integrality.