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Rereading Gender and the Gothic in Frankenstein and "The Yellow Wallpaper"
Title
Rereading Gender and the Gothic in Frankenstein and "The Yellow Wallpaper".
Creator
Krol, Jenet Maree, Faraci, Mary, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description
Frankenstein and "The Yellow Wallpaper," popular stories of the nineteenth century and included on most college reading lists, have been installed into limited chnons that take away from the art ofthe literature. Written when strict social guidelines ddined and separated the gender spheres, these works show the changing attitudes and resulting social problems for women, between the early nineteenth century (Fmnkenstein) and the late nineteenth century ("The Yellow Wallpaper"). The Gothic...
Show moreFrankenstein and "The Yellow Wallpaper," popular stories of the nineteenth century and included on most college reading lists, have been installed into limited chnons that take away from the art ofthe literature. Written when strict social guidelines ddined and separated the gender spheres, these works show the changing attitudes and resulting social problems for women, between the early nineteenth century (Fmnkenstein) and the late nineteenth century ("The Yellow Wallpaper"). The Gothic genre claims Frankenstein, and since its revival in the 1970s, "The Yell ow Wallpaper" has been firmly seated in the academy under feminist criticism. Each work belongs to both categories, with elements of each attracting more and more readers. Readers can discover that Mary Shelley creates a tale about the horrors of pregnancy and motherhood, while Charlotte Perkins Gilman creates stunning Gothic effects in her short story embraced by feminist criticism.
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Date Issued
2007
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000931
Subject Headings
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft,--1797-1851--Frankenstein, Gilman, Charlotte Perkins,--1860-1935--The yellow wallpaper, Gender identity in literature, Feminist fiction, English--History and criticism, Modernism (Literature)--Criticism and interpretation
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Document (PDF)
Space, place, and identity in Yevgeny Zamyatin's We and J.G. Ballard's The Drowned World
Title
Space, place, and identity in Yevgeny Zamyatin's We and J.G. Ballard's The Drowned World.
Creator
Mandell, Megan., College for Design and Social Inquiry, School of Public Administration
Abstract/Description
Intimate spaces play a key role in the development of human identity, constructing identity through an internalized experience of the house itself. Building on Bachelard's theories in The Poetics of Space, I argue that characters in Yevgeny Zamyatin's We and J.G. Ballard's The Drowned World gain a new awareness of self after experiencing nature as a substitute for the house. The emergence of a new identity occurs because nature offers protection from the forces that inhibit both D-503 and...
Show moreIntimate spaces play a key role in the development of human identity, constructing identity through an internalized experience of the house itself. Building on Bachelard's theories in The Poetics of Space, I argue that characters in Yevgeny Zamyatin's We and J.G. Ballard's The Drowned World gain a new awareness of self after experiencing nature as a substitute for the house. The emergence of a new identity occurs because nature offers protection from the forces that inhibit both D-503 and Keran's individual growth ; it offers the safety of the house that neither character is allowed in a private home : D-503 because of the panoptic space of the One state and Kerans due to the nature of the changing circumstances of the environment and his own biology that force him to accept his role as a "new" human and the jungle as "home".
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Date Issued
2013
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3362559
Subject Headings
Criticism and interpretation, Criticism and interpretation, Gender identity in literature, Nature in literature, Dystopias, Totalitarianism
Format
Document (PDF)
dark, uncertain fate
Title
A dark, uncertain fate: homophobia, graphic novels, and queer identity.
Creator
Buso, Michael., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
This thesis focuses primarily on homophobia and how it plays a role in the construction of queer identities, specifically in graphic novels and comic books. The primary texts being analyzed are Alan Moore's Lost Girls, Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, and Michael Chabon's prose novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. Throughout these and many other comics, queer identities reflect homophobic stereotypes rather than resisting them. However, this thesis argues that,...
Show moreThis thesis focuses primarily on homophobia and how it plays a role in the construction of queer identities, specifically in graphic novels and comic books. The primary texts being analyzed are Alan Moore's Lost Girls, Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, and Michael Chabon's prose novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. Throughout these and many other comics, queer identities reflect homophobic stereotypes rather than resisting them. However, this thesis argues that, despite the homophobic tendencies of these texts, the very nature of comics (their visual aspects, panel structures, and blank gutters) allows for an alternative space for positive queer identities.
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Date Issued
2010
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/2100584
Subject Headings
Criticism and interpretation, Criticism and interpretation, Criticism and interpretation, Sex in literature, Homophobia, Gender identity, Comic books, strips, etc, History and criticism
Format
Document (PDF)