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0:00 why read Song of Solomon?
2:00 Toni Morrisonโs cultural tapestry
2:50 why Morrison won the Nobel Prize
3:20 Toni Morrison in Oprahโs Bookclub
4:30 Song of Solomon lecture series
5:00 how to read Song of Solomon
5:30 this novel is a lyrical soap opera
6:30 welcome to the Southern Gothic
7:00 origins and markers of the gothic
9:00 the Southern Gothic difference
10:30 the Faulknerian in Toni Morrison
11:00 OโConnor, McCullers, Williams
12:30 Beloved vs Song of Solomon
13:00 characters in the Southern Gothic
14:00 when is Morrisonโs novel set?
14:30 Harlem Renaissance influence
15:00 Civil Rights history of the US
16:30 Toni Morrisonโs magical realism
17:20 what is magical realism?
20:30 the influence of slave narratives
22:00 Toni Morrison vs Ralph Ellison
23:00 movement in Song of Solomon
24:30 Toni Morrison on slave narratives
25:30 the mythology of Flying Africans
27:30 metaphor/allegory vs literal belief
28:30 motif of flight in Song of Solomon
29:30 mythological origin at Igbo Landing
31:30 Toni Morrison on mythโs reality
33:00 on the names in Song of Solomon
34:00 names have the power to tell stories
36:00 on language influencing thought
36:30 read this novel for the characters
37:30 the characters in Song of Solomon
38:30 choosing names from the Bible
39:00 biblical allusion in the novelโs title
39:30 meaning of Milkman Deadโs name
40:20 reading some exquisite passages
43:30 how to break into Song of Solomon
44:30 the character of Pilate in the novel
45:30 the novelโs discourses on social justice
46:00 readers finding a kindred spirit
47:00 โwhen will you stop writing about race?โ
50:00 Morrison on Shakespeare and critics
51:00 is Toni Morrison a feminist writer?
52:30 โI donโt subscribe to patriarchyโ
53:00 Toni Morrisonโs intersectionality
54:00 is Toni Morrison a marxist writer?
55:00 Morrison on writing Black Literature
57:00 the social value of great literature
58:00 the conversation of canon revision
59:00 should art have a social message?
1:00:00 Morrisonโs readership as village
1:01:00 Toni Morrisonโs political aim
1:02:00 appreciating her beautiful foreword
1:04:00 make your reading joyfully communal
1:05:00 Hardcore Literature book club lectures
1:06:00 thank you and happy reading