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use of the bastard identity
| Title: | The use of the bastard identity: from Victorian subverters to superheroes in the twenty-first century and beyond. |
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| Name(s): |
Dessler, Ryan. Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Department of English |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Date Issued: | 2012 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Physical Form: | electronic | |
| Extent: | vi, 64 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | This project explores the use if illegitimacy within Western discourse over the last three centuries. Illegitimacy was used in Victorian literature as a literary device to drive plot but evolved into a touchstone for Western discourse to explore the bounds of what is considered respectable society. Over time, as illegitimacy has become more mainstream, I contend illegitimate identities have been utilized to serve as a mirror for Western hegemony. In the first chapter, I explore the origins of illegitimacy being used as a literary device in novels by Victorian authors Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. In the second chapter, I examine the role illegitimacy plays in the origin stories of canonical comic book superheroes Batman and Superman. Lastly, in the third chapter, I scrutinize the role illegitimacy plays in defining the human condition within science fiction as human culture continues to advance technologically towards a post human world. | |
| Identifier: | 820353414 (oclc), 3355567 (digitool), FADT3355567 (IID), fau:3938 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
by Ryan Dessler. Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2012. Includes bibliography. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Reader. |
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| Subject(s): |
Dickens, Charles, 1719-1793 Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889 Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century Comic books, strips, etc -- United States -- Criticism and interpretation Illegitimacy in literature Sex role in literature Sensationalism in literature |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3355567 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
