Etyka czytania i strategie narracji. Na podstawie powieści Toni Morrison "Umiłowana"

The article undertakes the consideration of ethics of reading in the context of narrativestrategies in reference of Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved. The logical, psychological and moral axis of novel is problem of Sethe’s rough choice to kill her daughterrather than see her return to slavery. Author of article claims that Morrison’s treatment of Sethe’s choice creates an ethical relationship with an audience. The paperpresents the Wayne Booth, Martha Nussbaum, Adam Zachary Newton, and JamesPhelan’s approaches to ethics of reading. Author relies on Phelan’s interpretationof Sethe’s choice largely. The Sethe’s deed is presented from perspective of threetellings: slave catcher, Stamp Paid and Sethe. Afterwards the Phelan’s approach issupplemented by tellings of Beloved and Denver. In conclusion author claims thatMorrison’s treatment of Sethe’s choice implies that Sethe’s deed is beyond the reachof standard ethical judgment.