Toni Morrison as an African American Voice: A Marxist Analysis

This article will endeavor to discover the presence of Marxist ideology, in Morrison's, novels, The Bluest Eye and Beloved. Marxism is a literary theory which focuses on class struggle and materialism. Toni Morrison writes about the culture in which she lives and from which she neither consciously nor emotionally escapes. The Marxist literary ideology focuses on the weak economic position of proletariat class and spotlights bourgeoisie class as a dominant capitalist. This article will explore that how Morrison has used Marxist ideology in her fictional work to highlight the suppression of Afro-American community.