Morrison’s Blue-Eyed Golem : a Reenactment of the Third Man Argument

ABSTRACT: This article deals with Toni Morrison’s first novel, “The Bluest Eye”, as a possible interweaving of Aristotle’s Third Man Argument into both societal and psychological aspects of the contemporary world. Rooted in this philosophical background, it follows the decline of Pecola Breedlove’s...

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Autores: Botero Camacho, Manuel José, Climent Torras, Judit
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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spelling Morrison’s Blue-Eyed Golem : a Reenactment of the Third Man ArgumentRepresentación del argumento del tercer hombre en «Ojos azules» de Toni MorrisonBotero Camacho, Manuel JoséCliment Torras, Judit821.111(73)Morrison, Toni7blu.0782:1Toni MorrisonPhilosophyThe Bluest EyeThird Man ArgumentGolemBorgesFilosofíaOjos azulesArgumento del tercer hombreGolemBorgesLiteraturaFilología inglesaProsaFilosofía6202 Teoría, Análisis y Crítica Literarias5505.10 Filología72 FilosofíaABSTRACT: This article deals with Toni Morrison’s first novel, “The Bluest Eye”, as a possible interweaving of Aristotle’s Third Man Argument into both societal and psychological aspects of the contemporary world. Rooted in this philosophical background, it follows the decline of Pecola Breedlove’s mental stability throughout three segments that mimic the argument’s structure. The degradation of archetypes and the character’s conception of beauty articulate our thesis as it attempts to present the novel as a reenactment of the philosophical theory resorting to Borges’ poem “El golem” to strengthen the connection between Morrison’s take on Afro-American realities and Aristotle’s position regarding the degradation of the ideal.Universidad de La RiojaUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20242024-01-0120242024-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/132261reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/1322612026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Morrison’s Blue-Eyed Golem : a Reenactment of the Third Man Argument
Representación del argumento del tercer hombre en «Ojos azules» de Toni Morrison
title Morrison’s Blue-Eyed Golem : a Reenactment of the Third Man Argument
spellingShingle Morrison’s Blue-Eyed Golem : a Reenactment of the Third Man Argument
Botero Camacho, Manuel José
821.111(73)Morrison, Toni7blu.07
82:1
Toni Morrison
Philosophy
The Bluest Eye
Third Man Argument
Golem
Borges
Filosofía
Ojos azules
Argumento del tercer hombre
Golem
Borges
Literatura
Filología inglesa
Prosa
Filosofía
6202 Teoría, Análisis y Crítica Literarias
5505.10 Filología
72 Filosofía
title_short Morrison’s Blue-Eyed Golem : a Reenactment of the Third Man Argument
title_full Morrison’s Blue-Eyed Golem : a Reenactment of the Third Man Argument
title_fullStr Morrison’s Blue-Eyed Golem : a Reenactment of the Third Man Argument
title_full_unstemmed Morrison’s Blue-Eyed Golem : a Reenactment of the Third Man Argument
title_sort Morrison’s Blue-Eyed Golem : a Reenactment of the Third Man Argument
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Botero Camacho, Manuel José
Climent Torras, Judit
author Botero Camacho, Manuel José
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Climent Torras, Judit
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 821.111(73)Morrison, Toni7blu.07
82:1
Toni Morrison
Philosophy
The Bluest Eye
Third Man Argument
Golem
Borges
Filosofía
Ojos azules
Argumento del tercer hombre
Golem
Borges
Literatura
Filología inglesa
Prosa
Filosofía
6202 Teoría, Análisis y Crítica Literarias
5505.10 Filología
72 Filosofía
topic 821.111(73)Morrison, Toni7blu.07
82:1
Toni Morrison
Philosophy
The Bluest Eye
Third Man Argument
Golem
Borges
Filosofía
Ojos azules
Argumento del tercer hombre
Golem
Borges
Literatura
Filología inglesa
Prosa
Filosofía
6202 Teoría, Análisis y Crítica Literarias
5505.10 Filología
72 Filosofía
description ABSTRACT: This article deals with Toni Morrison’s first novel, “The Bluest Eye”, as a possible interweaving of Aristotle’s Third Man Argument into both societal and psychological aspects of the contemporary world. Rooted in this philosophical background, it follows the decline of Pecola Breedlove’s mental stability throughout three segments that mimic the argument’s structure. The degradation of archetypes and the character’s conception of beauty articulate our thesis as it attempts to present the novel as a reenactment of the philosophical theory resorting to Borges’ poem “El golem” to strengthen the connection between Morrison’s take on Afro-American realities and Aristotle’s position regarding the degradation of the ideal.
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