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Jane Austen's fallible fathers
Title
Jane Austen's fallible fathers.
Creator
Okun, Irwin L., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
Abstract/Description
Despite well documented evidence that Jane Austen's relations with her father were harmonious and affectionate, only one of the twenty-one fathers and surrogate fathers depicted in her six major novels approaches the ideal of the patriarchal family--a wise and humane father. The preponderance of fallible fathers is a unifying metaphor for a disintegrating family structure, the inevitable legacy of a failed patrimony. The phallocentric heritage has rendered the lineal society anachronistic by...
Show moreDespite well documented evidence that Jane Austen's relations with her father were harmonious and affectionate, only one of the twenty-one fathers and surrogate fathers depicted in her six major novels approaches the ideal of the patriarchal family--a wise and humane father. The preponderance of fallible fathers is a unifying metaphor for a disintegrating family structure, the inevitable legacy of a failed patrimony. The phallocentric heritage has rendered the lineal society anachronistic by fostering paternal irresponsibility due to unfettered privilege, by permitting the poorly prepared, succeeding generation of inheritors to govern, and by reducing the status of women to submission and dependency.
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Date Issued
1989
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14505
Subject Headings
Austen, Jane,--1775-1817--Criticism and interpretation, Fathers and daughters, Men in literature
Format
Document (PDF)
hurricane notebooks
Title
The hurricane notebooks.
Creator
Hogan, Mary Ann., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
The Hurricane Notebooks is a manuscript-length memoir of the narrator's quest to piece together the enigmatic character of her late father. She does this through her discovery of his private notebooks as well as her unearthing of four generations of family turmoil.
Date Issued
2013
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3360803
Subject Headings
Parent and child, Parents and children, Family relationships, Fathers and daughters, Family relationships, Self-perception, Identity (Psychology)
Format
Document (PDF)
High summer
Title
High summer.
Creator
Hasler Martinez, Michelle., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
High Summer is a manuscript-length compilation of narrative science essays that trace the relationship the narrator has with her father. These essays focus on the ongoing presence of drugs, their historical basis, and their pharmacological effects on the body.
Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3358552
Subject Headings
Fathers and daughters, Parent and child, Symbolism in literature, Psychology, Pathological, Substance abuse, Physiological aspects, Narration (Rhetoric), Creative nonfiction
Format
Document (PDF)
Telomeres
Title
Telomeres.
Creator
Oquendo, Nicole., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
Telomeres is a manuscript-length lyric essay in many parts that traces the relationship of the narrator and her father as they both navigate the landscape of post-traumatic stress disorder after his return from Vietnam.
Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3359283
Subject Headings
Post-traumatic stress disorder, Fathers and daughters, VIetnam War, 1961-1975, Veterans, Mental health, Veterans, Mental health
Format
Document (PDF)
Belongings
Title
Belongings.
Creator
McLean, Samantha, Hart, Sharon, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Visual Arts and Art History
Abstract/Description
Belongings hybridizes photography, sculpture, and printmaking through new laser technology. The exhibited work communicates a lingering sense of homesickness and maps a path through the objects discovered in my father’s wallet shortly after his passing.
Date Issued
2017
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004870
Subject Headings
McLean, Sammi--Personal narratives., Symbolism in art., Time and art., Fathers and daughters--Personal narratives., Photography, Artistic., Digital media--Social aspects., Discourse analysis, Narrative.
Format
Document (PDF)