Essays about: "Eugenides"

Found 5 essays containing the word Eugenides.

  1. 1. Live Like a Prisoner or Die for Redemption? : Female sexuality in Jeffrey Eugenides’s The Virgin Suicides

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Dimitra Athanasia Siastathi; [2022]
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  3. 2. Dream A Little Dream of... America : Identity and Ideology in Jeffrey Eugenides’ Middlesex

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Josefine Vali; [2019]
    Keywords : identity; ideology; American dream; capitalism; determinism; freedom; choice; Marxism; genetics;

    Abstract : Jeffrey Eugenides’ 2002 novelMiddlesex follows the protagonist Cal Stephanides in his exploration of the origins of the genetic mutation which causes him to be born intersexed. Weaved into this memoir is a 75-year history of the United States. READ MORE

  4. 3. "But in the end it wasn’t up to me" : A Queer Reading of Eugenides' Middlesex

    University essay from Högskolan Väst/Avd för utbildningsvetenskap och språk

    Author : Saga Ländström; [2014]
    Keywords : Litteraturvetenskap; engelska;

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  5. 4. The Chronotope of Immigration in Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Charlotta Elmgren; [2011]
    Keywords : Eugenides; Middlesex; novel of immigration; chronotope; hybridity; Bakhtin; Bhabha;

    Abstract : Jeffrey Eugenides‟ Middlesex can be ascribed to many genres, one of which is the novel of immigration. Mikhail Bakhtin has suggested that each genre, indeed any literary motif, can be defined by its own chronotope, literally “time space,” “the intrinsic connectedness of temporal and spatial relationships that are artistically expressed in literature. READ MORE

  6. 5. "We Couldn't Fathom Them at All" : The Complex Representation of Femininity in Jeffrey Eugenides' The Virgin Suicides

    University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

    Author : Louise Wandland; [2011]
    Keywords : Feminist theory; gaze; objectification; suicide;

    Abstract : Jeffrey Eugenides' The Virgin Suicides tells the story of adolescent boys gazing at the five Lisbon sisters, who captivate the entire neighborhood with their blond hair and youthful beauty. The young women are positioned as objects, merely to be gazed upon by the male narrators, who by watching them seek to gain knowledge of life and death. READ MORE