Browsing by Subject "American literature"
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Agency, Gender, and Constraint: Examining Shame in The Awakening
(2019-05)This thesis focuses on The Awakening by Kate Chopin and examines how shame constrains the performance of gender through the lens of Butler’s theory of gender performativity. Judith Butler claims that gender is the “practice ... -
Constructing contemporary ethnic American identities by reconceptualizing ancient narratives.
(2014)For many ethnic Americans, forming a cultural identity is a complicated and arduous endeavor. Entrenched in an environment in which mainstream ideologies leave ethnic practices and histories vulnerable to marginalization, ... -
Overstepping the bounds: Domestic upheaval, removal, and personhood in nineteenth-century American women's writing
(2022-12)This project discusses works by three nineteenth-century American women writers who wrote in the sentimental, domestic genre so popular with readers in an era that upheld domesticity, a dominant nineteenth-century ideology ...