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Voices In Crisis: An Exploration Of Masculine Identity In Modernist Narratives, Amy Cannistraro
Voices In Crisis: An Exploration Of Masculine Identity In Modernist Narratives, Amy Cannistraro
Scripps Senior Theses
The period following World War I can be characterized in literature by the trauma and changes that promoted crises of masculinity. These crises, however, are not discussed between the men that suffer similar feelings of insecurity and anxiety; not approached as a tension in need of resolution. Exploring the narrative voices of Nick, Jake, Darl and Anse in The Great Gatsby, The Sun Also Rises, and As I Lay Dying, this thesis addresses the ways in which this unspoken phenomenon is essential to the modernist male narrative. I propose that, despite the widespread nature of this phenomenon, …