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Hanging in the balance
| Title: | Hanging in the balance: the lure of Nietzsche's Apollonian and Dionysiac impulses in Kate Chopin's The Awakening. |
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| Name(s): |
Salamin, Jessica. 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: | 2009 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Physical Form: | electronic | |
| Extent: | v, 65 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | This thesis represents a study of Kate Chopin's groundbreaking novel, The Awakening. Further, it applies Nietzsche's principles of Dionysiac and Apollonian impulses to the literary analysis of the novel. I argue that the protagonist of the novel, Edna Pontellier, embarks on a quest to determine how she may live an authentic life - that is, a life whereby she is true to herself above all others. Ultimately, her search for self is overwhelmed by the imbalance of the Apollonian and Dionysiac impulses against which she struggles. Because Edna cannot successfully mediate this struggle, she reaches the conclusion that she may only attain a truth to her self if she finds that truth in death. | |
| Identifier: | 427335297 (oclc), 216407 (digitool), FADT216407 (IID), fau:3431 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
by Jessica Salamin. Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2009. Includes bibliography. Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject(s): |
Chopin, Kate, 1851-1904 Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900 Self in literature Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/216407 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
