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The Invisible Other: White Trash In William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! And The Hamlet, Bryant Edwards Trihey
The Invisible Other: White Trash In William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! And The Hamlet, Bryant Edwards Trihey
Theses & Honors Papers
The idea of a “white soul” and the protection of its purity was prolific during William Faulkner’s adolescence in the late 1800s and early 1900s, which is why he feared the establishment of a hybrid mix of races, especially one that tarnished whiteness. This thesis exams whiteness in Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! and The Hamlet. The findings on this thesis indicate that only white trash can fix the problem that is white trash, which means that white trash is not even safe from itself. Faulkner finished Absalom, Absalom! with further avowal of his fear of the tainting of the white …
Lambs Of A Foreign God: Christianity In African-American Literature, Maryam F. Mujahid
Lambs Of A Foreign God: Christianity In African-American Literature, Maryam F. Mujahid
Theses & Honors Papers
This thesis examines the way that Christianity was used as a method to integrate African slaves into American culture. “For many slaves, it was their conversion to Christianity that was the ultimate and final separation from their African heritage.” Postbellum African American poets had to decide if they wanted to assimilate into American culture through Christianity or embrace their African roots.
Hemingway's Modern Woman: An Analysis Of Selected Novels, Bonnie Gay Robertson
Hemingway's Modern Woman: An Analysis Of Selected Novels, Bonnie Gay Robertson
Theses & Honors Papers
This thesis looks at the female characters of several of Ernest Hemingway’s novels and how they relate to a world changed by war. It analyzes their capacity to find identities for themselves and take on male characteristics and independence for themselves.
Mammy: From Pancakes To Grenades, Nichol Michelina Pagano
Mammy: From Pancakes To Grenades, Nichol Michelina Pagano
Theses & Honors Papers
From an image draped in calico and flipping pancakes to a figure wearing pearls and throwing hand grenades, Mammy exists as part of America's cultural heritage since the beginning of the nineteenth century. The Mammy character evolved in American iconography from the subservient kitchen Aunt Jemima to a modem aggressive woman ready for military combat. Early depictions of Mammy show her as being very humble, plain in dress and appearance, and subservient to her white masters . In From Mammy to Miss America and Beyond, Sue Jewell states, "[Mammy] is portrayed as an obese African-American woman, of dark complexion, with …
"I Was Born Too Late To Believe In Your God": The Struggle Against Religion In Ernest J. Gaines's Of Love And Dust And A Lesson Before Dying, Matthew D. Towles
"I Was Born Too Late To Believe In Your God": The Struggle Against Religion In Ernest J. Gaines's Of Love And Dust And A Lesson Before Dying, Matthew D. Towles
Theses & Honors Papers
The strange mixtures of opposites in the south often provide a fast-moving culture not easily recognized or categorized. The opposition to Christianity does not often deal specifically with Jesus Christ, the New Testament, or other Christian philosophies. Rather, the Christianity in conflict is usually symbolized by the church, a preacher, or other Christian rituals and traditions. Thus, it is the system of Christianity that is in conflict with many of the characters’ freedom, not necessarily the philosophy of Christianity. The struggles against religion in Ernest J. Gaines’s writings Love and Dust and A Lesson Before Dying are displayed through character …
The Jewish Immigrant Perception Of The American Dream In Abraham Cahan's Yekl And Anzia Yezierska's Bread Givers, Andrea Verschaeve
The Jewish Immigrant Perception Of The American Dream In Abraham Cahan's Yekl And Anzia Yezierska's Bread Givers, Andrea Verschaeve
Theses & Honors Papers
Although there is a wide variety of writers in American literature, it can be said that immigrant writers are left out of the literary pool. In American literature, there is a common theme of defining the American dream. From the early colonies to now, each immigrant has their own definition of the “American dream”. However when it comes to Jewish writers, the American dream becomes a story of how the character will become a new citizen while still regarding their old culture. In “Yekl” by Abraham Cahan and “Bread Givers” by Anzia Yezierska, this Jewish-American dream is seen. Both works …
Assimilation Or Acceptance: The Effects Of Industrialization On Appalachians In Anne W. Armstrong's This Day And Time And Harriette Arnow's The Dollmaker, Susan Litton Haslet
Assimilation Or Acceptance: The Effects Of Industrialization On Appalachians In Anne W. Armstrong's This Day And Time And Harriette Arnow's The Dollmaker, Susan Litton Haslet
Theses & Honors Papers
The novels This Day and Time and The Dollmaker were studied in this thesis. Both novels accurately present some of the effects that early industrialization had on the land and people of Appalachia. The authors of these novels, Anne Armstrong and Harriette Arnow, write about their subjects with honesty and authenticity, and having themselves witnessed many of the events in their novels. These authors are able to write from personal observation and memory as they capture on paper a period of transition in Appalachia and the character of its residents before and after they were influenced. The bittersweet events in …
Exploring African American Identity In Harlem: Carl Van Vechten's Nigger Heaven, Michelle Lynn Simone
Exploring African American Identity In Harlem: Carl Van Vechten's Nigger Heaven, Michelle Lynn Simone
Theses & Honors Papers
Carl Van Vechten became a predominant figure within Harlem Renaissance literary circles because of his patronage of black artists and his 1926 novel Nigger Heaven. The novel depicts scenes of cabarets and Harlem night life, emphasizing themes of racial prejudice and the struggle for identity in the black culture. Van Vechten's fictional portrayal of Harlem received mixed reviews--to say the least. Many black authors and critics aligned themselves with W.E.B. Du Bois and lambasted the bawdy scenes and racially derogatory title. Others, including James Weldon Johnson and Langston Hughes, defended Van Vechten' s astute observations of Harlem and his skillful …
Mirrors, Pluggers, And Flashlights: The Women Of Lee Smith's Fiction, Elizabeth Guthrie Talley
Mirrors, Pluggers, And Flashlights: The Women Of Lee Smith's Fiction, Elizabeth Guthrie Talley
Theses & Honors Papers
No abstract provided.
Ellen Glasgow's Virginia Dream, Catherine Carpenter Garrett
Ellen Glasgow's Virginia Dream, Catherine Carpenter Garrett
Theses & Honors Papers
No abstract provided.