Subjects Matter : The Subject-Object Dichotomy in Toni Morrison's Jazz

University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

Author: Jonas Gustavsson; [2012]

Keywords: subject; object; dichotomy; harmony; morrison; jazz; de beauvoir; irigaray; men; women; close reading; fulfilment; transcendence; feminist literary theory; violet; joe; wild; golden; dorcas; felice; self; other;

Abstract: This essay examines the subject-object dichotomy between men and women in Toni Morrison’s Jazz and the thesis of the essay is that this dichotomy develops into subject-object harmony. Through Simone de Beauvoir’s theory regarding the subject-object dichotomy and a close reading of the novel, this essay concludes that Jazz shows the possibility of reciprocal relationships built on friendship. In other words, the dichotomy changes into harmony, which makes it possible for both men and women to reach freedom and fulfilment in transcendence.

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