In their article "Love Is As Ethical Love Does", CHEN Xi and SH1 Xuan discuss Toni Morrison's Love and assert that this novel is essentially an ethical tragedy of black women. From the perspective of ethical litera...In their article "Love Is As Ethical Love Does", CHEN Xi and SH1 Xuan discuss Toni Morrison's Love and assert that this novel is essentially an ethical tragedy of black women. From the perspective of ethical literary criticism, they analyze the dislocated ethical identity of the two main heroines and alignment of their ethical choices to illustrate that other than race and gender, Heed's and Christine's tragedies originate from their uncontrollable irrational willJ Moreover, this novel lays stress on love regarded from an ethical perspective, illuminating "we choose to love", that is, to love while bearing in mind the importance of ethical order and moral norms. Thus, this novel offers moral enlightenment for black women in the process of pursuing love, equality and of reconstructing their ethical identity.展开更多
文摘In their article "Love Is As Ethical Love Does", CHEN Xi and SH1 Xuan discuss Toni Morrison's Love and assert that this novel is essentially an ethical tragedy of black women. From the perspective of ethical literary criticism, they analyze the dislocated ethical identity of the two main heroines and alignment of their ethical choices to illustrate that other than race and gender, Heed's and Christine's tragedies originate from their uncontrollable irrational willJ Moreover, this novel lays stress on love regarded from an ethical perspective, illuminating "we choose to love", that is, to love while bearing in mind the importance of ethical order and moral norms. Thus, this novel offers moral enlightenment for black women in the process of pursuing love, equality and of reconstructing their ethical identity.