Narrative deconstructions of gender in works by Audrey Thomas, Daphne Marlatt, and Louise Erdrich /

By analyzing the works of Thomas, Marlatt, and Erdrich through the lenses of subjectivity, gender studies, and narratology, Caroline Rosenthal brings to light new perspectives on their writings. Although all three authors write metafictions that challenge literary realism and dominant views of gende...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rosenthal, Caroline, 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, NY : Camden House, 2003.
Colección:European studies in American literature and culture.
Temas:
Thomas, Audrey, > 1935- > Intertidal life.
Marlatt, Daphne. > Ana historic.
Erdrich, Louise > Technique.
Thomas, Audrey Callahan, > 1935- > Intertidal life.
Marlatt, Daphne, > 1942- > Ana historic.
Erdrich, Louise, > 1954-
Erdrich, Louise.
1900-1999
Canadian fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
Canadian fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Women and literature > Canada > History > 20th century.
Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
Narration (Rhetoric) > History > 20th century.
Sex role in literature.
Deconstruction.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Écrits de femmes canadiens-anglais > Histoire et critique.
Écrits de femmes américains > Histoire et critique.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
Femmes et littérature > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Femmes et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Narration.
Déconstruction.
Narration > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Deconstructivist.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
American literature > Women authors.
Women and literature.
Technique.
Intellectual life.
Canadian fiction > Women authors.
Canadian fiction.
North America > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Amérique du Nord > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
United States.
North America.
Canada.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:By analyzing the works of Thomas, Marlatt, and Erdrich through the lenses of subjectivity, gender studies, and narratology, Caroline Rosenthal brings to light new perspectives on their writings. Although all three authors write metafictions that challenge literary realism and dominant views of gender, the forms of their counter-narratives vary. In her novel 'Intertidal Life', Thomas traces the disintegration of an identity through narrative devices that unearth ruptures and contradictions in stories of gender. In contrast, Marlatt, in 'Ana Historic', challenges the regulatory fiction of heterosexuality. She offers her protagonist a way out into a new order that breaks with the law of the father, creating a 'monstrous' text that explores the possibilities of a lesbian identity. In her tetralogy of novels made up of 'Love Medicine, Tracks, The Beet Queen', and 'The Bingo Palace, ' Erdrich resists definite readings of femininity altogether. By drawing on trickster narratives, she creates an open system of gendered identities that is dynamic and unfinalizable, positing the most fragmented worldview as the most enduring. By applying gender and narrative theory to nuanced analysis of the texts, Rosenthal's study elucidates the correlation between gender identity formation and narrative. Caroline Rosenthal is assistant professor of American Studies at the University of Constance, Germany.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (193 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-188) and index.
ISBN:9781571136275
1571136274

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