Voice in literature
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Carol Kennicott's articulation of voice in Main Street by Sinclair Lewis, 2015
Item — Call number MU Thesis Kab
Identifier: b7667293
Abstract
The focus of this thesis is Carol Kennicott's articulation of voice in Main Street by Sinclair Lewis. In the last two decades, Sinclair Lewis has received very limited attention from scholars. As a result, in order to bridge the gap and make Lewis's Main Street relevant in current critical debate, this project consults some prominent theorists like J.L. Austin, Judith Butler, bell hooks etc. and their respective theories on...
Dates:
2015
"Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagined things" : female narrative voice and the young adult literary canon, 2018
Item — Call number MU Thesis Whi
Identifier: b7877197
Introduction [excerpt]
The use of the first person in narrative fiction indicates agency -- meaning that the character is free to tell their story in the form that they would like. This is what makes this form of storytelling unique; it presents an intimacy with characters that third-person does not often give. Novels that are geared towards young adults and children do not give female characters this form of narrative agency. Either the male protagonist serves as narrator, or the novel is told from the...
Dates:
2018
Speak up : sexual articulation in The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler, 2013
Item — Call number MU Thesis Sci
Identifier: b7666528
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate English program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.
Students become eligible to pursue the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree if they have obtained a Master of Arts (M.A.)...
Dates:
2013