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- Author: Liana Vrajitoru Andreasen
- Publisher: Brown Walker Press (FL)
- ISBN-10: 1627346899
- ISBN-13: 9781627346894
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 1.4 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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The book revives literary theory, which was popular at the end of the 20th century, with the purpose of showing how useful it is in the current century in opening the minds of students to the dangers of claiming to have a fixed identity. The book shows that in Western cultures identity is a construct that always sees individuals as lacking something (being fallen) that can be retrieved or gained at the expense of an Other, an adversary seen as standing in the way of identity fulfillment. The book shows the history of "fallenness" through an analysis of Melville's Billy Budd, Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!, Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49. It also shows ways to heal identity through an analysis of Toni Morrison's Beloved and Rudolfo Anaya's Tortuga.
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- Author: Liana Vrajitoru Andreasen
- Publisher: Brown Walker Press (FL)
- ISBN-10: 1627346899
- ISBN-13: 9781627346894
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 1.4 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
The book revives literary theory, which was popular at the end of the 20th century, with the purpose of showing how useful it is in the current century in opening the minds of students to the dangers of claiming to have a fixed identity. The book shows that in Western cultures identity is a construct that always sees individuals as lacking something (being fallen) that can be retrieved or gained at the expense of an Other, an adversary seen as standing in the way of identity fulfillment. The book shows the history of "fallenness" through an analysis of Melville's Billy Budd, Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!, Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49. It also shows ways to heal identity through an analysis of Toni Morrison's Beloved and Rudolfo Anaya's Tortuga.
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