Beyond The Pages: The Significance Of The Social Self Proposed In Jane Austen's Persuasion,
2014
Seton Hall University
Beyond The Pages: The Significance Of The Social Self Proposed In Jane Austen's Persuasion, Veronica Grupico
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
This paper focuses on Austen's novel Persuasion and how she rejects the Romantic notion of the self defined by individualism, which leads to the breakdown of society. Instead of the Romantic self, with its emphasis on self-examination, retrospection, and emotion, Austen advocates for an older notion of the self, a view based in eighteenth-century notions of social networks, mutual responsibility, and the moral function of emotion. Persuasion links Romanticism’s self, which was popular at the time that Austen was writing, with the breakdown of society, arguing that not just social stability but much-needed social vitality depends on the interdependence and …
Limitation, Subversion, And Agency: Gendered Spaces In The Works Of Margaret Mahy, Cynthia Voigt, And Dia Na Wynne Jones,
2014
Illinois State University
Limitation, Subversion, And Agency: Gendered Spaces In The Works Of Margaret Mahy, Cynthia Voigt, And Dia Na Wynne Jones, Elizabeth Ann Pearce
Theses and Dissertations
In this dissertation, I argue that adolescent literature featuring female protagonists often illustrates complicated relationships between gender and space. My contention is that because of their gender, these protagonists are uniquely constrained to the home, which creates a literary pattern that has serious ideological implications. While I argue that the dominant discourse of these novels implies that girls should adhere to specific cultural norms, some of these works, however, provide room for subversion and agency, including new ways of looking at patriarchal constructions. To demonstrate these issues at work, I use the novels of three female authors from three different …
Reading Nostalgia, Anger, And The Home In Joyce Carol Oates’S Foxfire,
2014
Lakehead University
Reading Nostalgia, Anger, And The Home In Joyce Carol Oates’S Foxfire, Heather A. Hillsburg
Bearing Witness: Joyce Carol Oates Studies
This article draws from Svetlana Boym’s concept of reflective nostalgia to explore the intersections between violence, memory, and the home in Joyce Carol Oates’s novel Foxfire. Through reflective nostalgia, Maddy is able to link the abuse she and her friends endure to various iterations of the home. Reflective nostalgia also allows Maddy to draw connections between anger and the domestic realm, and to write the members of FOXFIRE back into dominant narratives that largely exclude their lived experiences. Ultimately, this paper argues that because nostalgia often centers on the home, it is ideally suited to foreground the untenable nature …
Review Of Marya: A Life,
2014
LonesomeReader Blog
Review Of Marya: A Life, Eric K. Anderson
Bearing Witness: Joyce Carol Oates Studies
Review of Joyce Carol Oates' novel Marya: A Life considering the autobiographical content and exploration of self in the narrative.
July 15, 2014: 2015-16 Hench Post-Dissertation Fellowship,
2014
Western Michigan University
July 15, 2014: 2015-16 Hench Post-Dissertation Fellowship, Department Of English
Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive
No abstract provided.
Odin Wins The Mead Of Poetry,
2014
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Contributors,
2014
Marshall University
Blazerock,
2014
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Suddenly I Lost My Way,
2014
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Nights Like This,
2014
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Mythic Circle #36,
2014
Marshall University
I Walk Into Darkness,
2014
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
On A Sea Of Wind,
2014
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Editorial,
2014
Marshall University
The Boy Who Didn't Know Who-He-Was (An Existential Fairytale),
2014
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
The Boy Who Didn't Know Who-He-Was (An Existential Fairytale), Ron Boyer
The Mythic Circle
No abstract provided.
The Scream,
2014
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
The Breach,
2014
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Who Would Wear The Ring?,
2014
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Lilith And Eve Discuss Human Origins,
2014
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Lilith And Eve Discuss Human Origins, Joe R. Christopher
The Mythic Circle
No abstract provided.
Zohar,
2014
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
