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Toni Morison and Contemporary America Literature

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Provide a discussion in which you discuss what role American literature should play in the 21st century. What should American literature be, and what should American literature do?

Make sense of what American literature is now. Take into account how contemporary literature already responds to social trends and existing literary movements.

Incorporate example from author Toni Morrison.

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The solution uses Toni Morison's work to examine the nature of identity in America.

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The question is really broad. So I'm guessing it could go in just about any direction. My advice would be to focus on Toni Morrison's characters who search for identity in a contemporary African American society that is coming to terms with the past, oppression, slavery, and ...

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