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The Blindness Of An Invisible Man: An Exploration Of Ellison’S Female Characters, Madison Elkins Jun 2014

The Blindness Of An Invisible Man: An Exploration Of Ellison’S Female Characters, Madison Elkins

Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee

Questions have long been raised about the female characters in Invisible Man who often appear to be objectified or stereotyped. Especially in light of Ellison’s professed opinions against the dangers of stereotyping as minority oppression, the depiction of his female characters seems to be fundamentally hypocritical. It is the dominant critical opinion among feminist scholars that Ellison’s treatment of female characters is not only hopelessly misogynistic, but, more importantly, undermines the telos of the novel and enervates its social claims. While it is a valid exercise to analyze Ellison’s female characters in this way, this opinion fails in two critical …


Power, Self-Transformation, And Looks: Capturing The Gaze In Jane Austen, Victoria R. Knight May 2014

Power, Self-Transformation, And Looks: Capturing The Gaze In Jane Austen, Victoria R. Knight

Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects

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