Etyka czytania i strategie narracji na podstawie powieści Toni Morrison „Umiłowana”
Ethics of Reading and Narrative Strategies Based on Toni Morrison’s Novel “Beloved”

Summary/Abstract: The article undertakes the consideration of ethics of reading in the context of narrativestrategies in reference of Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved. The logical, psychologicaland moral axis of novel is problem of Sethe’s rough choice to kill her daughter rather 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 paper presents the Wayne Booth, Martha Nussbaum, Adam Zachary Newton, and James Phelan’s approaches to ethics of reading. Author relies on Phelan’s interpretation of Sethe’s choice largely. The Sethe’s deed is presented from perspective of three tellings: slave catcher, Stamp Paid and Sethe. Afterwards the Phelan’s approach is supplemented by tellings of Beloved and Denver. In conclusion author claims that Morrison’s treatment of Sethe’s choice implies that Sethe’s deed is beyond the reach of standard ethical judgment.

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