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the legacy of Faulkner's Benjy in 20th century American literature
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Gicking
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Jessica
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1985-
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Jessica Gicking
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Carol
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Carol Singley
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Holly Blackford
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Rutgers University
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Camden Graduate School
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2012
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This study investigates the ways in which William Faulkner draws upon William James and Sigmund Freud’s theories of consciousness to create disabled male characters in his novels The Sound and the Fury and Light in August. Additionally, J.M. Barrie’s novel Peter Pan is analyzed as a similar study of disabled consciousness to demonstrate Faulkner’s adaptation of the eternal boy prototype to the American landscape. This study traces this prototype and related symbols from Peter Pan to Light in August in order to demonstrate the ways that Faulkner develops characters both to exaggerate the eternal boy and demonstrate the social and psychological problems that stem from the industrialization of the American South. Close readings of passages from these novels demonstrate how Faulkner’s characters exhibit mental and physical disabilities, through both stilted consciousness and impotency, to demonstrate disabled progress and masculinity. This study examines the female characters from these novels in juxtaposition to the male characters, arguing that the novels showcase the capability of these women to adapt to modernity. The women embrace sexuality and perform their maternal role as a way to ensure the progression of society and the continuation of families and communities. The principle conclusion is that women represent progress, modernity, and land cultivation in order to signify changing gender roles of an industrialized society, while the men are unable to function as agents of progress. Their disabled consciousness renders male characters unable to adapt to the changing roles regarding work; likewise, they are unable to sexually perform or accept the maternal process as a demonstration of progress. This reading of Faulkner is then applied to Willa Cather’s My Ántonia as a suggestion for further research.
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iii, 71 p.
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M.A.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Jessica Gicking
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Faulkner, William, 1897-1962--Criticism and interpretation
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Faulkner, William, 1897-1962--Characters--Men
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People with disabilities in literature
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doi:10.7282/T3RN36WR
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ETD graduate
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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