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The Weak, The Wicked, The Divine: A Collection Of Poems, Grace Hedin
The Weak, The Wicked, The Divine: A Collection Of Poems, Grace Hedin
University Honors Theses
The Weak, the Wicked, the Divine is a collection of thirteen original poems based on the female figures of the Iliad and the Odyssey with scholarly analysis. The Introduction gives background on Homer and his works as well as their impact on both modern day and myself. The second section contains both the original work of Grace Hedin and the author's scholarly analysis of both their own work and the figure the poem is based upon. The Conclusion will hold the final thoughts and dedications from the author. An audio reading of all poems is attached to this thesis, with …
A Soundless Feminine Representation: An Ecofeminist Reading Of "The Eolian Harp", Eve Echternach
A Soundless Feminine Representation: An Ecofeminist Reading Of "The Eolian Harp", Eve Echternach
University Honors Theses
Focusing on Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Eolian Harp," this essay centers on the erasure and replacement of women's voices through descriptions of the environment and the common themes between the two. In many works of poetry and writing, women are compared to the natural world and vice versa. Though Coleridge's "The Eolian Harp" is categorized as a conversation poem, the dialogue of his wife, Sara Fricker, and any other feminized figures are omitted. Within this poem, one can see the environment and women's cohabitation being used to flatten their character, remove agency, and to place the male figures in the …
Images Of Women In Abdelhak Serhane's Le Soliel Des Obscurs, Wendy Grace Cook
Images Of Women In Abdelhak Serhane's Le Soliel Des Obscurs, Wendy Grace Cook
Dissertations and Theses
Current trends in North African francophone literature include a movement towards the exploration of alienation and exile, most often in the form of novels written about Maghrebian immigrants in Europe. Yet this alienation exists within the North African context as well, and it is possible to feel alienated and exiled, as well as marginalized, within one's homeland. This question is explored by Moroccan francophone author Abdelhak Serhane in his novel, Le Soleil des obscurs, which is the focus of this study.
The purpose of the research is to examine the four principle female characters in the novel and relate …
"Sin Decidirlo Me Volví Distinta": Gender, Deception And Development In Angeles Mastretta's ArráNcame La Vida, Luisa Samaniego
"Sin Decidirlo Me Volví Distinta": Gender, Deception And Development In Angeles Mastretta's ArráNcame La Vida, Luisa Samaniego
Dissertations and Theses
With this research I locate Angeles Mastretta's novel Arráncame la vida in the Bildungsroman genre, examine the particular forces influencing the protagonist's development and gain insight into her process of identity formation. This modern Bildungsroman portrays the fate of a woman in the male dominated world of post-revolutionary Mexico. I analyze how class, gender, historical moment, psychological and cultural influences are woven into the intriguing formation of the heroine, Catalina, variously constraining or propelling her forward in her quest for development.
I argue that the heroine transcends the limiting factors in her patriarchal environment, struggling against culturally sanctioned deception, confining …
The Female Identity In Rosario Ferrâe’S Papeles De Pandora, Marcie Lynn Pratt
The Female Identity In Rosario Ferrâe’S Papeles De Pandora, Marcie Lynn Pratt
Dissertations and Theses
This thesis examines four stories from Rosario Ferre's first book of short stories, Papeles de Pandora: "La mufieca menor," "Cuando las mujeres quieren a los hombres," "Amalia," and "La bella durmiente." In Papeles de Pandora, Ferre explores the portrayal of female identity by dismantling the traditional roles that are assigned to women in Puerto Rican, patriarchal society. This thesis analyzes the ways in which Ferre skillfully deconstructs and (re )constructs the identity and sense of self of her female protagonists.
To demonstrate Ferre's deconstruction and (re)construction of the female identity, This study focuses on Ferre's use ofrecurring motifs such as: …
La Protagonista En Dos Novelas Latinoamericanas Escritas Por Mujeres, Khatereh K. Sabahi
La Protagonista En Dos Novelas Latinoamericanas Escritas Por Mujeres, Khatereh K. Sabahi
Dissertations and Theses
Este estudio hace una comparaci6n de las protagonistas de dos novelas escritas por mujeres. Analiza dos sociedades diferentes separada por el tiempo y la distancia. Trata de encontrar respuestas a las diferencias existentes, tomando en cuenta los cambios politicos, sociales y literarios que afectan a las mujeres. Ambas novelas se centran en la mujer y su lucha contra la sociedad y la incomprensi6n por parte del hombre. Se hace hincapie en el tipo diferente de sociedad en que vive cada una de las protagonistas y en el papel del hombre dentro de esta sociedad. Tambien se toma en consideraci6n la …
La Representation De La Femme Aristocrate En Periode Post-Revolutionnaire: Balzac Moraliste Chretien Et Apologiste De La Passion, Isabelle Marie Renard
La Representation De La Femme Aristocrate En Periode Post-Revolutionnaire: Balzac Moraliste Chretien Et Apologiste De La Passion, Isabelle Marie Renard
Dissertations and Theses
Honore de Balzac appartient a cette generation de geants du romantisme flamboyant: politiquement et socialement, il est honorable bourgeois, se souvient des deceptions de l'epoque dechue et prone par consequent le culte du souvenir imperial, ainsi que celui de la passion. C'est pourquoi nous trouvons de constantes ambivalences dans la representation de la femme du monde ainsi que des contradictions deroutantes quant a leur droit d'aimer. Balzac peint des etres d'exception, mais, malgre la place et le role tres important qu'il leur accorde, ces femmes subissent le droit de jugement ultime de l'auteur quand elles s'abandonnent a la passion; leur …
Strong-Minded Woman Figures In A Time Of Crisis : Maria Stuart, Penthesilea, Sappho, Inger M. Olsen
Strong-Minded Woman Figures In A Time Of Crisis : Maria Stuart, Penthesilea, Sappho, Inger M. Olsen
Dissertations and Theses
The strong-minded woman as a character capable of genuine self-determination has not received nearly as much literary attention and study as the less psychologically and socially aware sublime woman, the innocent woman, and the femme fatale. Consequently, the strong-minded woman is only an occasional literary phenomenon and is absent entirely during some literary periods.
Thus the purpose of this thesis is to establish that the strong-minded woman exists as a literary figure, that she is a fully developed character capable of forming meaningful and even traditional relationships when allowed by circumstances. She is capable of relying on her own abilities …
Die Intrigantin In Ausgewählten Frühen Werken Gerhart Hauptmanns, Sidney Thomas Stuller
Die Intrigantin In Ausgewählten Frühen Werken Gerhart Hauptmanns, Sidney Thomas Stuller
Dissertations and Theses
Gerhart Hauptmann, whose naturalistic period embraced the years 1885-1906, gave the world a negative picture of the woman who by her demeanor or actions destroys a man. In this thesis a distinction is drawn between lower class, unsophisticated women like Lene Thiel or Hanne Sehäl and more highly educated and somewhat emancipated women such as Anna Mahr and Hanna Elias. The former type destroyed the man through more coarse or brutal methods while the latter naturally employed a higher degree of sophistication exercising their destructive influence. Moreover, the former type married the men they subsequently ruined whereas the latter did …