Icarus and Daedalus in Toni Morrison's "Song of Solomon"

Manuela López Ramírez

doi:10.18172/jes.183

Autores/as

Manuela López Ramírez University of Valencia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18172/jes.183

Palabras clave:

Mito, vuelo, búsqueda, identidad, Ícaro, Dédalo

Resumen

En Song of Solomon Toni Morrison reescribe la leyenda de “Flying Africans” y el mito de Ícaro para crear su propio mito. Su descripción de la búsqueda de identidad del héroe negro tiene profundas connotaciones míticas. Morrison recupera aquellos elementos de la mitología negra que todavía son relevantes para los Afro-Americanos y los fusiona con evidentes alusiones a la mitología griega. Ella reinterpreta las viejas imágenes y mitos sobre volar, el principal motivo mítico de esta historia. El Ícaro de ésta novela se embarca en un viaje arquetípico al Sur, al pasado de su familia, dirigido por su dedálica guía espiritual, recuperando finalmente sus habilidades ancestrales para volar. El vuelo de Ícaro señala una epifanía espiritual en la búsqueda de identidad del héroe dentro de la comunidad negra.

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