Post colonial Novel

1. BLUEST EYE
As a post-colonial literature

2. Bluest eye
•The Bluest Eye, published in 1970, is the
first novel written by Toni Morrison. The
novel takes place in Lorain, Ohio, and
tells the story of a young African-
American girl named Pecola who grew
up following the Great Depression.

3. The Double Oppression Experienced by
Black Women in The
Bluest Eye

4. •Queen Bee Syndrome in
The Bluest Eye

5. The Bluest Eye and
Western Beauty Standards

6. •The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison is the story of a
young black girl, Pecola Breedlove, who lives in a
society which doesn’t offer any reflection of her
beauty and subjectivity. This study tries to examine
this novel based on theories of poststructuralist
critic, Homi K. Bhabha. In his work, Bhabha
challenges the notions of fixed identities,
undermines the binary oppositions between
colonized and colonizer, and emphasizes the role of
discourse and language in identity formation of both
the colonizer and the colonized. Three concepts
including: stereotype, uncanny and mimicry are
applied to this novel by Toni Morrison.

7. •MIMICRY
•BLUEST ”I”

8. Conclusion :
•The white male established his hierarchy over
white women and then African American
women. Toni Morrison's works can be
considered in a postcolonial feminist
context. ... This context is apparent in
Morison's The Bluest Eye. The novel also
considers the post-slavery period and its effects,
as well as rape and incest

10. Reference:
• Abdol Hossein Joodaki & Asrin Vajdi, 2013. "Toni Morrison Talks of
an Unhomely World; a Post-Colonial Reading of the Bluest Eye: A
Study Based on Homi K. Bhabha’s Theories," International Journal of
English Language and Literature Studies, Asian Economic and Social
Society, vol. 2(3), pages 176-187, September.
• Morrison, T. (2016). The Bluest Eye. London, Vintage Books.
• Seraman, N., & Selvakkumar, T. S. T. (2011). Race, Class and Gender
Bias as Reflected in Toni Morrison Novel’s The Bluest Eye. Indian
Journal of Applied Research, 3(2), 4–6. Doi:
10.15373/2249555x/feb2013/2.