Essays about: "Carson McCullers"

Found 3 essays containing the words Carson McCullers.

1. 1. Chasing the Unattainable: Manifestations of Desire in Selected Novels by Carson McCullers

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Hans Ingvar Marmén; [2022]
   Keywords : Carson McCullers; Desire; Lacan; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The American author Carson McCullers’s often non-normative fictional characters typically desire something they cannot have and thus a pattern of nonreciprocal love and desire permeate much of her work. Earlier scholarship on her fiction has focused on themes of isolation as well as the element of symbolism but also psychological approaches including Freudian and Jungian perspectives have been taken. READ MORE

3. 2. “I’d Rather Be a Boy Any Day”: Gender Roles in Carson McCullers’s The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Nils Alfort; [2016]
   Keywords : Gender; Performativity; Butler; Sexuality; Music;

   Abstract : This essay explores gender roles in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1940) by American author Carson McCullers. Theories and texts by Judith Butler, Nancy Chodorow, Raewyn Connell, Don Zimmerman, and Candice West among others, are used to support the thesis statement that stereotypical gender norms serve to compromise the main character Mick Kelly’s identity formation and her early sexual experiences. READ MORE

4. 3. Intersectional Identities in Carson McCullers' The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

   University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

   Author : Raz Shakely; [2011]
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