Material Information |
| Title: |
Narrating from the Margins A Study of the Other in Four Modernist Writers |
| Physical Description: |
Book |
| Language: |
English |
| Creator: |
Tedholm, Miranda |
| Publisher: |
New College of Florida |
| Place of Publication: |
Sarasota, Fla. |
| Creation Date: |
2005 |
| Publication Date: |
2005 |
Subjects |
| Subjects / Keywords: |
Modernism
Narrative Theory
The Other |
| Genre: |
bibliography ( marcgt )
theses ( marcgt )
government publication (state, provincial, terriorial, dependent) ( marcgt )
born-digital ( sobekcm )
Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
Notes |
| Abstract: |
This thesis analyzes the portrayal of the Other in the work of four modernist prose writers: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Virginia Woolf, Anzia Yezierska, and Marcel Proust. Throughout the thesis I consider the portrayal of the Other in the context of gender and relate it to the writers' own status as marginalized people. Chapter One discusses the depiction of the Other as mad in the work of Fitzgerald and Woolf. The Fitzgerald section focuses on modernist narrative characteristics, and the portrayal of Nicole Diver in Tender is the Night, which is a marginalizing one, despite the techniques used. In Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, two of the Others, Clarissa Dalloway and Septimus Warren Smith, are constructed as doubles; this bolsters the novel's life affirming theme despite the prevalence of death within the work. Chapter Two discusses the depiction of Jewish characters as examples of the Other. In Anzia Yezierska's short stories, modernist themes prevail despite the different kind of modernism used by Yezierska. Her portrayal of a Jewish community of Others also features those who are further marginalized, and the readers, too, may even feel marginalized if they are not familiar with the culture and with the Yiddish expressions that Yezierska includes. This use of Othering is an element that links Yezierska to modernist writing. Proust's portrayal of Bloch in The Guermantes Way, the third volume of In Search of Lost Time, makes use of free indirect discourse in order to make assumptions about Bloch's consciousness and to perpetuate Jewish stereotypes. This is done in turn to express ambivalence about cultural and social progress in early twentieth-century France. The study ultimately concludes that while modernism may have led to new styles, it may not have led to new attitudes. |
| Statement of Responsibility: |
by Miranda Tedholm |
| Thesis: |
Thesis (B.A.) -- New College of Florida, 2005 |
| Electronic Access: |
RESTRICTED TO NCF STUDENTS, STAFF, FACULTY, AND ON-CAMPUS USE |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Source of Description: |
This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. The New College of Florida, as creator of this bibliographic record, has waived all rights to it worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. |
| Local: |
Faculty Sponsor: Dimino, Andrea |
Record Information |
| Source Institution: |
New College of Florida |
| Holding Location: |
New College of Florida |
| Rights Management: |
Applicable rights reserved. |
| Classification: |
local - S.T. 2005 T2 |
| System ID: |
NCFE003580:00001 |
|
Material Information |
| Title: |
Narrating from the Margins A Study of the Other in Four Modernist Writers |
| Physical Description: |
Book |
| Language: |
English |
| Creator: |
Tedholm, Miranda |
| Publisher: |
New College of Florida |
| Place of Publication: |
Sarasota, Fla. |
| Creation Date: |
2005 |
| Publication Date: |
2005 |
Subjects |
| Subjects / Keywords: |
Modernism
Narrative Theory
The Other |
| Genre: |
bibliography ( marcgt )
theses ( marcgt )
government publication (state, provincial, terriorial, dependent) ( marcgt )
born-digital ( sobekcm )
Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
Notes |
| Abstract: |
This thesis analyzes the portrayal of the Other in the work of four modernist prose writers: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Virginia Woolf, Anzia Yezierska, and Marcel Proust. Throughout the thesis I consider the portrayal of the Other in the context of gender and relate it to the writers' own status as marginalized people. Chapter One discusses the depiction of the Other as mad in the work of Fitzgerald and Woolf. The Fitzgerald section focuses on modernist narrative characteristics, and the portrayal of Nicole Diver in Tender is the Night, which is a marginalizing one, despite the techniques used. In Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, two of the Others, Clarissa Dalloway and Septimus Warren Smith, are constructed as doubles; this bolsters the novel's life affirming theme despite the prevalence of death within the work. Chapter Two discusses the depiction of Jewish characters as examples of the Other. In Anzia Yezierska's short stories, modernist themes prevail despite the different kind of modernism used by Yezierska. Her portrayal of a Jewish community of Others also features those who are further marginalized, and the readers, too, may even feel marginalized if they are not familiar with the culture and with the Yiddish expressions that Yezierska includes. This use of Othering is an element that links Yezierska to modernist writing. Proust's portrayal of Bloch in The Guermantes Way, the third volume of In Search of Lost Time, makes use of free indirect discourse in order to make assumptions about Bloch's consciousness and to perpetuate Jewish stereotypes. This is done in turn to express ambivalence about cultural and social progress in early twentieth-century France. The study ultimately concludes that while modernism may have led to new styles, it may not have led to new attitudes. |
| Statement of Responsibility: |
by Miranda Tedholm |
| Thesis: |
Thesis (B.A.) -- New College of Florida, 2005 |
| Electronic Access: |
RESTRICTED TO NCF STUDENTS, STAFF, FACULTY, AND ON-CAMPUS USE |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Source of Description: |
This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. The New College of Florida, as creator of this bibliographic record, has waived all rights to it worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. |
| Local: |
Faculty Sponsor: Dimino, Andrea |
Record Information |
| Source Institution: |
New College of Florida |
| Holding Location: |
New College of Florida |
| Rights Management: |
Applicable rights reserved. |
| Classification: |
local - S.T. 2005 T2 |
| System ID: |
NCFE003580:00001 |
|