University of Louisville ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository Electronic Theses and Dissertations 8-2015 Dramatizing trauma in resistance to post-colonial hegemonic culture : a magic(al) realist reading of Toni Morrison's Beloved, Love and Frida Kahlo's selected paintings. FENG Yi, University of Louisville Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.library.louisville.edu/etd Part of the English Language and Literature Commons, and the History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology Commons Recommended Citation Yi,, FENG, "Dramatizing trauma in resistance to post-colonial hegemonic culture : a magic(al) realist reading of Toni Morrison's Beloved, Love and Frida Kahlo's selected paintings." (2015). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 2241. https://doi.org/10.18297/etd/2241 This Doctoral Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ThinkIR: The nivU ersity of Louisville's Institutional Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ThinkIR: The nivU ersity of Louisville's Institutional Repository. This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has retained all other copyrights. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. DRAMATIZING TRAUMA IN RESISTANCE TO POST-COLONIAL HEGEMONIC CULTURE: A MAGIC(AL) REALIST READING OF TONI MORRISON’S BELOVED, LOVE AND FRIDA KAHLO’S SELECTED PAINTINGS By FENG Yi B.A., Heilongjiang University, 2003 M.A., Beijing Foreign Studies University, 2006 A Dissertation Submitted