American Literature / Unit 18 AML 1708 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Morrison's Nobel and the Technique of Enchantment
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The idea
Morrison called her technique enchantment, a blending of historical realism with the myths and supernatural tales she learned as a child, and said that was how the world was for the Black people she knew, who had a connection with things not empirically verifiable.
In practice
Realism, blended with what cannot be verified.
Where people slip
Enchantment is Morrison's own term for it.
Your place on the trail
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