Discussion

The Contemporary Period

Introduction pgs. 711-714

Alice Walker - (b. 1944) pgs. 733-760

Toni Morrison - (b. 1931) pgs. 820-834

1.  Read Walker’s The Color Purple alongside Toni Morrison’s “Recitatif” (1983). As a class, discuss how both works portray female relationships. How are these relationships racialized.