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Conrad and the Critics: Responses to Heart of Darkness (II)
By Lisa Goddard July 17, 2012 - 4:42pmDaphna Erdinast-Vulcan (Philosophy, Metaphysics) – This essay explores the religious overtones of Marlow’s quest in Heart of Darkness. The author argues that Marlow has embarked on a pilgrimage of sorts, the aim of which is to get at...Conrad and the Critics: Responses to Heart of Darkness
By Lisa Goddard July 17, 2012 - 4:41pm Comments (43)Albert Guerard (Language, Psychoanalysis) asserts that Heart of Darkness isn’t really about Africa, it’s a metaphor for a psychological exploration to the heart of human nature and the animal selves that lurk beneath our civilized...Reader-Response analysis of Chopin's The Awakening
By Lisa Goddard July 1, 2012 - 3:44pmReader-Response: Paula Treichler The Reader-Response school of criticism is interested in the circumstances that shape a reader’s reaction to a text. The reader’s own time, place, politics, and personal circumstances obviously influence...A Deconstructionist reading of The Awakening
By Lisa Goddard June 29, 2012 - 4:43pmDeconstruction: Patricia Yeager Deconstruction is a form of analysis whereby the critic identifies false dichotomies within the narrative of a text to demonstrate the internal contradictions in a seemingly cohesive rhetorical flow....Self-ownership in Chopin's The Awakening
By Lisa Goddard June 28, 2012 - 3:01pmNew Historicism: Margit Stange The New Historicism seeks to situate literary works within their historical context by examining social, political, and economic factors of the day. One notable feature of the New Historicism is to blur the boundaries...LTST605 - The Awakening: Critical & Gender Studies Perspectives
By Lisa Goddard June 25, 2012 - 10:49pm Comments (4)Feminism: Elaine Showalter I found this essay to be a very persuasive reading of The Awakening. Because it appears in a scholarly edition, we are told upfront that Elaine Showalter is writing from a feminist perspective. This is an appropriate...
