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- Authority and molestation in Jeanette Winterson's "Sexing the Cherry".
- Creator
- Smith, Rhonda C., Florida Atlantic University, Furman, Andrew
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Jeanette Winterson's novel Sexing the Cherry addresses literary genres in which women's voices have been silenced or marginalized, demonstrating John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor Mill's claim that only when women have "lived in a different country from men and [have] never read any of their writings [will] they have a literature of their own" (207). This philosophy may be viewed in light of Edward Said's theory of colonization in which he argues that a people who colonize by violence...
Show moreJeanette Winterson's novel Sexing the Cherry addresses literary genres in which women's voices have been silenced or marginalized, demonstrating John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor Mill's claim that only when women have "lived in a different country from men and [have] never read any of their writings [will] they have a literature of their own" (207). This philosophy may be viewed in light of Edward Said's theory of colonization in which he argues that a people who colonize by violence maintain authority, while those people who are colonized are subject to "the paternalistic arrogance of imperialism" (Culture xviii). Winterson's desire to reclaim the authority of women illustrates her need for permission to narrate and to be "taken out of the Prism of [her] own experience" (Winterson, Into 17). As a result, she rewrites history, myth, fairy tale, and pornography, reversing the traditional gender roles and inverting the gender hierarchy. Women, in Sexing the Cherry maintain the authority and the Power to molest the now weaker sex, man.
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- 1999
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15715
- Subject Headings
- Winterson, Jeanette,--1959---Sexing the cherry, Women in literature, Violence in literature, Myth in literature
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- NEGRO WOMEN AS SEEN BY WHITE AMERICAN NOVELISTS, 1925-1935.
- Creator
- DOHNER, ELLEN H., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
- Date Issued
- 1970
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13421
- Subject Headings
- African Americans in literature, African American women
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Cracked roots: Identity in Maryse Conde's "Heremakhonon".
- Creator
- Wood, Jacqueline E., Florida Atlantic University, Shaktini, Namascar
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Identity in the African diaspora has been an issue of great interest in recent years. In her first novel Heremakhonon, Maryse Conde explores African diasporan female identity. She brings into question multi-culturalism, race stratification, classism, and sexism as major influences in developing identity for the African diasporan woman. For Conde's protagonist in the novel, Veronica, fragmented consciousness is manifested by movement from Guadeloupe, her birth land, to France, to Africa in...
Show moreIdentity in the African diaspora has been an issue of great interest in recent years. In her first novel Heremakhonon, Maryse Conde explores African diasporan female identity. She brings into question multi-culturalism, race stratification, classism, and sexism as major influences in developing identity for the African diasporan woman. For Conde's protagonist in the novel, Veronica, fragmented consciousness is manifested by movement from Guadeloupe, her birth land, to France, to Africa in search of a place or an individual who might help her "heal" her identity. In addition to establishing the existence of fragmentation of consciousness in her character, Conde creates a unique narrative voice which employs elements of autonomous interior monologue to explore the female Diasporan perspective. Finally, Maryse Conde, through the experiences of her character Veronica, refutes the essentialist view of identity in African peoples of the world.
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- 1991
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14716
- Subject Headings
- Condé, Maryse--Hérémakhonon, Women, Black, in literature
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Kate Chopin's female characters: A study in conflict and growth.
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- Kunf, Marcia Ann., Florida Atlantic University, Peyton, Ann
- Abstract/Description
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Among nineteenth-century American writers, Kate Chopin presented a new American heroine in the character of Edna Pontellier. She would not merely be a passive recipient reacting to the pressures of a male dominated society. She would actively take control of her own destiny. Chopin created her heroine in an environment that did not tolerate deviance from accepted stereotypes; therefore, many of Chopin's stories either received negative criticism or were rejected for publication because of...
Show moreAmong nineteenth-century American writers, Kate Chopin presented a new American heroine in the character of Edna Pontellier. She would not merely be a passive recipient reacting to the pressures of a male dominated society. She would actively take control of her own destiny. Chopin created her heroine in an environment that did not tolerate deviance from accepted stereotypes; therefore, many of Chopin's stories either received negative criticism or were rejected for publication because of subject matter. Chopin was sensitive to her critics; however, she was also committed to representing realistic women in their struggles for selfhood. In addition, Chopin created these repeating female characters to chronicle their quests for self-fulfillment. Conflicts, resulting from assertive action, stirred a rebellion inside the heroine and resulted in decisions that shocked and angered a society which was not prepared to accept such strong characters as Edna. Similar to her heroine, Kate Chopin concurrently experienced the dilemmas and ultimate growth that is involved in self-actualization. Kate Chopin was forced to decide how to express herself in a society which was not yet ready to hear her message.
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- 1991
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14743
- Subject Headings
- Chopin, Kate,--1851-1904--Characters., Women in literature.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The History of Kakawangwa.
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- McNair, Kristen., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
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Trapped in the hurricane of a changing cultural landscape, the young women of Kakawangwa, Florida must choose to clutch tradition or side with the times. Pearl and Jasmine are two sisters who come of age after being raised by a single mother in a religious household. Whitney, born a hermaphrodite, must determine her gender and sexuality, despite being married to her husband, Joe. Celeste, a college dropout, returns home to Kakawangwa in disgrace. Blackie, who lives life without inhibition,...
Show moreTrapped in the hurricane of a changing cultural landscape, the young women of Kakawangwa, Florida must choose to clutch tradition or side with the times. Pearl and Jasmine are two sisters who come of age after being raised by a single mother in a religious household. Whitney, born a hermaphrodite, must determine her gender and sexuality, despite being married to her husband, Joe. Celeste, a college dropout, returns home to Kakawangwa in disgrace. Blackie, who lives life without inhibition, must cope with the consequences of the choices she makes. Filled with language that is pithy, abrupt, direct, and melodious, The History of Kakawangwa is a narrative that reveals these women as they reconcile the world to themselves.
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- 2012
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3355619
- Subject Headings
- Women in literature, Symbolism in literature, Social aspects
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- Document (PDF)
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- Ellen Glasgow: Feminism through characterization.
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- Catapano, Tanya R., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
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Ellen Glasgow's feminism is revealed in her fiction, especially through her characterization of women. In four representative novels, Glasgow's female characters underscore the problems of women--from the womanly woman of the Victorian era to the new woman of the twentieth century. In Virginia, Virginia Pendleton is the product of an education that teaches her to be a dutiful wife and mother yet neglects her personal growth. In The Sheltered Life, Eva Birdsong is a victim of the myth of...
Show moreEllen Glasgow's feminism is revealed in her fiction, especially through her characterization of women. In four representative novels, Glasgow's female characters underscore the problems of women--from the womanly woman of the Victorian era to the new woman of the twentieth century. In Virginia, Virginia Pendleton is the product of an education that teaches her to be a dutiful wife and mother yet neglects her personal growth. In The Sheltered Life, Eva Birdsong is a victim of the myth of Southern Womanhood and its unrealistic expectations. Glasgow also attempts to show that character is fate, and women can turn to their inner resources to solve their problems. Thus Dorinda Oakley of Barren Ground enters the man's world of farming, and Ada Fincastle of Vein of Iron relies on her inherited fortitude to triumph over personal disappointments and the forces of social change. In these novels, Glasgow exposes the conservative educational, religious, and social influences that impinge on the development of women as total human beings. Ellen Glasgow's contribution to the feminist movement lies in her commitment to what she called women's "liberation of personality."
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- 1989
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14527
- Subject Headings
- Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson,--1873-1945--Criticism and interpretation, Feminism and literature, Women in literature
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Black woman as an erotic being in Spanish-Caribbean narrative.
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- Henry, Marlyn Fay., Florida Atlantic University, Erro-Peralta, Nora
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Characterization of Black women as erotic beings in Spanish-Caribbean narrative has shifted significantly from 1880 to 1990. Their representation as totally submissive and erotic beings has evolved into that of socially conscious and self accepting Black women. In Villaverde's Cecilia Valdes (1882), Cecilia and Maria de la Regla are depicted as objects of male sexual desires. Diaz's Pascua in Cumboto (1948) and Asturias' Mulata de tal (1963), although eroticized, insinuate an underlying...
Show moreCharacterization of Black women as erotic beings in Spanish-Caribbean narrative has shifted significantly from 1880 to 1990. Their representation as totally submissive and erotic beings has evolved into that of socially conscious and self accepting Black women. In Villaverde's Cecilia Valdes (1882), Cecilia and Maria de la Regla are depicted as objects of male sexual desires. Diaz's Pascua in Cumboto (1948) and Asturias' Mulata de tal (1963), although eroticized, insinuate an underlying androgynous nature which makes them more assertive in their use of sexuality. However, it is contemporary women writers who dismantle the erotic stereotype: Ferre's "Cuando las mujeres quieren a los hombres" (1974) portrays a Black prostitute who, advances socially and economically. Cabrera's Nana in "La tesorera del diablo" (1971) is the bearer of ancestral knowledge and moral values, and Cartagena Portalatin's Aurora, in "La llamaban Aurora," (1978) speaks forcefully on social issues and fully accepts herself as a Black woman.
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- 1994
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15115
- Subject Headings
- Latin American literature--History and criticism, Caribbean literature (Spanish), African American women in literature, Sex symbolism, Sex role in literature
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- Document (PDF)
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- Women at the heart of change in early modern Spanish theater.
- Creator
- Petersen, Elizabeth Marie, Gamboa, Yolanda, Graduate College
- Date Issued
- 2011-04-08
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3171393
- Subject Headings
- Spanish drama --Classical period, 1500-1700 --History and criticism, Women --Spain --Drama, Women in literature
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- Document (PDF)
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- Disturbers of the peace: Representations of women in the stories of Kate Chopin.
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- Caldwell, Eleanor Mitchell., Florida Atlantic University, McGuirk, Carol
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Beyond the Victorian and Southern myths of women existed other levels of female autonomy and strength. In the stories of Kate Chopin, women characters perform social roles as wives, mothers, and hostesses; in addition, they live out other layers of existence in which they have greater control and freedom. Some, like Edna Pontellier in The Awakening, find an "inward life which questions." Others, like the protagonists of "The Kiss," "The Respectable Woman," "Lady of Bayou St. John," "At the ...
Show moreBeyond the Victorian and Southern myths of women existed other levels of female autonomy and strength. In the stories of Kate Chopin, women characters perform social roles as wives, mothers, and hostesses; in addition, they live out other layers of existence in which they have greater control and freedom. Some, like Edna Pontellier in The Awakening, find an "inward life which questions." Others, like the protagonists of "The Kiss," "The Respectable Woman," "Lady of Bayou St. John," "At the 'Cadian Ball," "The Storm," and "Athenaise," find an outer life characterized by intrigue and manipulation. Chopin's women characters enact a stratified female consciousness that begins with manipulation and ends with a failed attempt at independent survival.
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- 1988
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14423
- Subject Headings
- Chopin, Kate,--1851-1904--Characters--Women, Women in literature
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- YOUNG WOMEN IN THE NOVELS OF WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS (1880-1890).
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- HENDRICKSON, BARBARA D., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
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Analysis of the characterization of young women in Howells' eleven novels published in the 1880s reveals that although his political, economic, and social views grew more liberal during the decade, his attitude toward women remained conventional and conservative, He portrayed the young American girl in a variety of activities: courtship, marriage, foreign travel, social events, and professional employment; but he always assumed that her most suitable and proper role was that of a submissive...
Show moreAnalysis of the characterization of young women in Howells' eleven novels published in the 1880s reveals that although his political, economic, and social views grew more liberal during the decade, his attitude toward women remained conventional and conservative, He portrayed the young American girl in a variety of activities: courtship, marriage, foreign travel, social events, and professional employment; but he always assumed that her most suitable and proper role was that of a submissive wife.
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- 1971
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13442
- Subject Headings
- Howells, William Dean,--1837-1920--Characters--Women, Women in literature
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- WOMEN IN SYNGE'S PLAYS (IRELAND).
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- TATUM, ELIZABETH RUTH., Florida Atlantic University, Pearce, Howard D.
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The plays of J.M. Synge reflect his theory of the central life force, particularly as it is embodied by the women in the plays. It is essentially the elan vital of Henri Bergson. On the Aran Islands Synge observed the intuitive strength of women which he portrayed later in the plays. Implicit are the elements of a folk spirit common in the work of both Synge and Bergson. A reading of the plays with the emphasis on Playboy of the Western World and Deirdre of the Sorrows reveals a creative...
Show moreThe plays of J.M. Synge reflect his theory of the central life force, particularly as it is embodied by the women in the plays. It is essentially the elan vital of Henri Bergson. On the Aran Islands Synge observed the intuitive strength of women which he portrayed later in the plays. Implicit are the elements of a folk spirit common in the work of both Synge and Bergson. A reading of the plays with the emphasis on Playboy of the Western World and Deirdre of the Sorrows reveals a creative vitality which is both Bergsonian and mythic, and which pivots on the choices made by the women toward a spiritual unity with nature.
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- 1975
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13715
- Subject Headings
- Synge, J M--(John Millington),--1871-1909--Characters--Women, Women in literature
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- Document (PDF)
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- D. H. LAWRENCE'S PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN.
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- HAMIDINIA, PARVINDOKHT., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
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Controversy which has surrounded David Herbert Lawrence arises out of misunderstanding of what he was actually saying. Lawrence's depiction of sexual scenes and particularly his vocabulary in presenting these scenes have misled many critics into believing that he was a feminist. Early criticism (1911-1940's) indicates that Lawrence portrays the modern liberated woman favorably. From the beginning of the 1950's to the early 1970's, critics agreed that Lawrence respected and understood women....
Show moreControversy which has surrounded David Herbert Lawrence arises out of misunderstanding of what he was actually saying. Lawrence's depiction of sexual scenes and particularly his vocabulary in presenting these scenes have misled many critics into believing that he was a feminist. Early criticism (1911-1940's) indicates that Lawrence portrays the modern liberated woman favorably. From the beginning of the 1950's to the early 1970's, critics agreed that Lawrence respected and understood women. Recent criticism (latter part of 1970's to date) finds to some extent a tone of cynicism toward women. However, the idea that Lawrence understands and respects women still prevails. Analysis of Lawrence's novels suggests that his heroines are not consistently modern or liberated. These women may be introduced as liberated and intellectual, but in the end they submit to the power of man. Lawrence's motif is the conflict between male and female, which results in male dominance and female submission.
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- 1984
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14193
- Subject Headings
- Lawrence, D H--(David Herbert),--1885-1930--Characters--Women, Women in literature
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Establishing the Bondmother: Examining the Categorization of Maternal Figures in Toni Morrison’s Beloved and Paradise.
- Creator
- Tisdale, Ashely, Hagood, Taylor, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
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Literary scholars have been examining and recreating the experiences of “bonded” female characters within Toni Morrison’s novels for decades. However, the distinct experiences of these enslaved women, that are also mothers have not been astutely examined by scholars and deserves more attention. My thesis fleshes out the characterization of several of Morrison’s bonded-mothers and identifies them as a part of a developing controlling image and theory, called the bondmother. Situating these...
Show moreLiterary scholars have been examining and recreating the experiences of “bonded” female characters within Toni Morrison’s novels for decades. However, the distinct experiences of these enslaved women, that are also mothers have not been astutely examined by scholars and deserves more attention. My thesis fleshes out the characterization of several of Morrison’s bonded-mothers and identifies them as a part of a developing controlling image and theory, called the bondmother. Situating these characters within this category allows readers to trace their journeys towards freedom and personal redemption. This character tracing will occur by examining the following Toni Morrison novels: Beloved (1987) and Paradise (1997). In order to fully examine the experiences of these characters it will be necessary for me to expand the definition of bondage and mother.
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- 2016
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004696, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004696
- Subject Headings
- African American families in literature, African American women in literature, Morrison, Toni -- Beloved -- Criticism and interpretation, Morrison, Toni -- Characters -- Mothers, Morrison, Toni -- Paradise -- Criticism and interpretation, Morrison, Toni -- Political and social views, Motherhood in literature, Slavery in literature
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- Document (PDF)
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- Fallen from disgrace: tales of disillusion in Amiri Baraka’s Dutchman and v.s. Naipaul’s Guerrillas.
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- Osborne, Tamar C., Dagbovie-Mullins, Sika A., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
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Despite radical differences in their political commentary, Amiri Baraka and V.S. Naipaul’s literary careers have obsessively centered on the divided Self of the colonized artist. Esther Jackson argues that Baraka’s “search for form” becomes “symbolic of a continuing effort to mediate between warring factions within the perceiving mind” (38). Similarly, many critics have interpreted Naipaul’s grave manifestos as the outpourings of a writer disenchanted with his own past and national identity....
Show moreDespite radical differences in their political commentary, Amiri Baraka and V.S. Naipaul’s literary careers have obsessively centered on the divided Self of the colonized artist. Esther Jackson argues that Baraka’s “search for form” becomes “symbolic of a continuing effort to mediate between warring factions within the perceiving mind” (38). Similarly, many critics have interpreted Naipaul’s grave manifestos as the outpourings of a writer disenchanted with his own past and national identity. For Selwyn Cudjoe, Naipaul’s work is “reflective of a man who failed to discover any psychological balance in his life” (172-173). This thesis analyzes how Amiri Baraka’s Dutchman and V.S. Naipaul’s Guerrillas engage with various fairy tale conventions in order to narrate the colonized victim’s divided Self. These narratives ultimately function as anti-fairy tales, revealing the black protagonist’s accursed position in the symbolic order.
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- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004312, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004312
- Subject Headings
- Baraka, Amiri -- 1934-2014 -- Dutchman -- Criticism and interpretation, Consciousness in literature, Naipaul, Vidiadhar Surajprasad -- 1932- -- Guerrillas -- Criticism and interpretation, Race in literature, Race relations in literature, Women, White in literature
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- Document (PDF)
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- Re-constructing the past: women, time, and inanimate objects in Virginia Woolf's the years and Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca.
- Creator
- Derisi, Stephanie, Berlatsky, Eric L., Low, Jennifer A., Hagood, Taylor, Graduate College
- Date Issued
- 2011-04-08
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3164523
- Subject Headings
- Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. Years, Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989, Women in literature
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The Cassandra principle: Modern feminist reincarnations of the prophetic voice in female space.
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- Rutman, Melanie., Florida Atlantic University, Martin, Thomas L.
- Abstract/Description
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Cassandra of Troy acts as a symbol of the repressed women in Western society, yet she has also become the figure that reawakens the female literary voice in modern times. Christa Wolf's Cassandra: A Novel and Four Essays is the prime example of this literary movement: the female point of view emerges from a patriarchal myth that originally silenced her. Other examples of the re-emerging voice are Christa Wolf's retelling of Medea, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Kassandra in The Firebrand, and...
Show moreCassandra of Troy acts as a symbol of the repressed women in Western society, yet she has also become the figure that reawakens the female literary voice in modern times. Christa Wolf's Cassandra: A Novel and Four Essays is the prime example of this literary movement: the female point of view emerges from a patriarchal myth that originally silenced her. Other examples of the re-emerging voice are Christa Wolf's retelling of Medea, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Kassandra in The Firebrand, and Octavia Butler's prophetic Lauren Oya Olamina (a reflection of an African female goddess's power) in the Parable of the Sower series.
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- 2002
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12950
- Subject Headings
- Wolf, Christa--Criticism and interpretation, Cassandra (Legendary character), Women in literature
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- Document (PDF)
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- Eudora Welty's mothers and daughters.
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- McLane, Helen Rene., Florida Atlantic University, Peyton, Ann
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In Eudora Welty's works, the importance of the mother-daughter relationship lies in its ability to expand the reader's understanding of the individual's search for enlightenment. As a wanderer acts and reacts to people and events, she is most often influenced by her mother, or mother-like figures, and other pairs around her. Welty's bonded women represent the historical, religious, psychological, and sociological studies of this interwoven human relationship; her characters are subtly crafted...
Show moreIn Eudora Welty's works, the importance of the mother-daughter relationship lies in its ability to expand the reader's understanding of the individual's search for enlightenment. As a wanderer acts and reacts to people and events, she is most often influenced by her mother, or mother-like figures, and other pairs around her. Welty's bonded women represent the historical, religious, psychological, and sociological studies of this interwoven human relationship; her characters are subtly crafted to develop a myriad of close and, at the same time, distant bonds. Welty emphasizes the mothers and daughters of Losing Battles, Delta Wedding, and The Optimist's Daughter though Virgie of The Golden Apples represents the strongest point for the conclusion that the mother-daughter relationship supports and enhances Welty's works.
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- 1989
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14506
- Subject Headings
- Welty, Eudora,--1909---Criticism and interpretation, Mothers and daughters, Women in literature
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- Document (PDF)
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- RECIPROCAL RITUAL: THE FUNCTION OF WOMEN IN THE IMAGINATION OF W. B. YEATS. (IRELAND).
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- KLINE, GLORIA CORNELIA., Florida Atlantic University, Pearce, Howard D.
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W. B. Yeats conceived a progression of Masks which he placed upon women he knew and presented as images in his poetry. Between the mystical Rose and Dancer images of his early and late work occur three Masks of flesh and- blood women--the Muse-goddess, the Duchess of Urbino, and the Audacious Old Woman. In relation to each of these, Yeats assumes a Mask of his own--the Poet-lover, the Courtier, several Old Men--and establishes a ritual relationship by which he dramatizes the opposing tensions...
Show moreW. B. Yeats conceived a progression of Masks which he placed upon women he knew and presented as images in his poetry. Between the mystical Rose and Dancer images of his early and late work occur three Masks of flesh and- blood women--the Muse-goddess, the Duchess of Urbino, and the Audacious Old Woman. In relation to each of these, Yeats assumes a Mask of his own--the Poet-lover, the Courtier, several Old Men--and establishes a ritual relationship by which he dramatizes the opposing tensions he believed to exist between men and women . These tensions lie in oppositions of will, intellect, and creative genius. Yeats's ideal--ultimately unrealized--was to achieve complement, co-creation, and, finally, perfect union in the male-female relationship.
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- 1973
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13553
- Subject Headings
- Yeats, W B--(William Butler),--1865-1939--Criticism and interpretation, Women in literature
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- Document (PDF)
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- WOMEN IN THE DETECTIVE NOVELS OF AGATHA CHRISTIE.
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- FRITZER, PENELOPE JOAN., Florida Atlantic University, Peyton, Ann
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Agatha Christie's writing career of more than fifty years gave her room to develop certain themes in social history. One of the most interesting of these is her presentation of women. Christie's two major types are older, unmarried women and young, high-spirited girls. Within those two types, Christie deals with the good, the evil, the eccentric, and the ineffectual. Her characterizations also include l ess important types, but those tvvo major kinds of woman dominate her detective novels....
Show moreAgatha Christie's writing career of more than fifty years gave her room to develop certain themes in social history. One of the most interesting of these is her presentation of women. Christie's two major types are older, unmarried women and young, high-spirited girls. Within those two types, Christie deals with the good, the evil, the eccentric, and the ineffectual. Her characterizations also include l ess important types, but those tvvo major kinds of woman dominate her detective novels. Miss Marple in particular is an important character and incorporates many of the strong virtues with which Christie imbues her women.
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- 1979
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13967
- Subject Headings
- Christie, Agatha,--1890-1976.--Criticism and interpretation., Women in literature.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- WILLIAM FAULKNER'S STYLISTIC DEVICES: AN ANALYSIS OF THE GODDESS-MOTHER.
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- MILLER, BERNICE B., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
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William Faulkner created, through his use of varied stylistic devices, a female essence: a characterization that embodies an earth mother or reproductive female, an earth goddess or erotic female, and several characteristics common to both. When taken as a whole, such characteristics-- fecundity, innocence, adaptability, and apparent stasis in time and space--epitomize Faulkner's female essence.
- Date Issued
- 1971
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13444
- Subject Headings
- Faulkner, William,--1897-1962--Criticism and interpretation., Women in literature.
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- Document (PDF)
