Abstract: “Postmemory” does not refer to the specific content of memory itself, but rather denotes a structure for transmitting memories and a mode of thinking about intergenerational trauma. It emphasizes how descendants actively construct and recreate memories inherited from their ancestors, an example of such descendants is African American writer Toni Morrison who, in Song of Solomon, reconstructs the family history and collective memory by using ancestral remains, Song of Solomon and “Lincoln's Paradise” as carriers of memory attachment. This paper focuses on the memory reconstruction process of Song of Solomon from the perspective of postmemory writing. Under the dual influence of familial and affiliative postmemory, Milkman Dead, protagonist of the novel, undergoes a complete transformation process from chaos to return during her southward journey, a journey of seeking roots in memory that reflects the acceptance and inheritance of the family history by African descendants and shows the characteristics of postmemory writing.

Key words: Song of Solomon, traumatic history, postmemory