RACIAL AND CULTURAL FEMALE EXPERIENCE IN VIRGINA WOOLF'S MRS. DALLOWAY AND TONI MORRISON'S THE BLUEST EYE: A FEMINIST READING /
Plakolli, Kaltrina,
RACIAL AND CULTURAL FEMALE EXPERIENCE IN VIRGINA WOOLF'S MRS. DALLOWAY AND TONI MORRISON'S THE BLUEST EYE: A FEMINIST READING / KALTRINA PLAKOLLI ; SUPERVISOR, ASSOC. PROF. DR. BEHBOOD MOHAMMADZADEH - 58 sheets; 30 cm +1 CD ROM
Thesis (MA) - Cyprus International University. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research English Language and Literature
Women having always been part of a challenging lifestyle, surrounded by harsh circumstances and always crashing into prejudice, are the main focus of this study thesis. It explores the stuggles that the female world beheld in two famous novels: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. Both authors dive through unspeakable disputes while displaying a side of history that is not easily talked about. The two authors fought a huge backlash by speaking of taboos that were not welcome into the society at that time, and they made sure to mark a spot on the bench of literature and social norms in 20th century. Everything evolves around social constructions in modernism, and how times started to change for both men and women of all cultures and races due to historical events of the period. In Mrs. Dalloway, Woolf exhibits a few themes which were avoidant at that time such as queerness and depression, while in The Bluest Eye, Morrison deals with racism and abuse. The study tries to submerge the common stuggles from both novels by trying to create a connection between the themes and the characters, and though each character is unique on their own, there are linking dots that confluence into the study topic of women’s unpleasant experiences during 20th century. Even though the stories and the characters are fictional, the thesis emphasises the fact that the struggles of women described within both novels are in fact a mirror reflection of reality for many women around the world. It is also important to highlight that as a result in the thesis common patterns are noticed; such as social status and mysogyny. In Mrs. Dalloway, Clarissa becomes the epitome of the aristocratic woman with slight snobbish values, all at the same time stuggling with her sexuality and mother role; while in The Bluest Eye there is Pecola who is the magnet of all horrible experiences one could think can happen to a little girl. Race, beauty standards and gender role are the main arguments as a result of the study. They refelct upon the prejudice that women faced during moderism, in addition realizing that some of it is still part of today’s world; therefore making it a crucial discussion to be done within this study.
English Language and Literature--Dissertations, Academic
RACIAL AND CULTURAL FEMALE EXPERIENCE IN VIRGINA WOOLF'S MRS. DALLOWAY AND TONI MORRISON'S THE BLUEST EYE: A FEMINIST READING / KALTRINA PLAKOLLI ; SUPERVISOR, ASSOC. PROF. DR. BEHBOOD MOHAMMADZADEH - 58 sheets; 30 cm +1 CD ROM
Thesis (MA) - Cyprus International University. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research English Language and Literature
Women having always been part of a challenging lifestyle, surrounded by harsh circumstances and always crashing into prejudice, are the main focus of this study thesis. It explores the stuggles that the female world beheld in two famous novels: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. Both authors dive through unspeakable disputes while displaying a side of history that is not easily talked about. The two authors fought a huge backlash by speaking of taboos that were not welcome into the society at that time, and they made sure to mark a spot on the bench of literature and social norms in 20th century. Everything evolves around social constructions in modernism, and how times started to change for both men and women of all cultures and races due to historical events of the period. In Mrs. Dalloway, Woolf exhibits a few themes which were avoidant at that time such as queerness and depression, while in The Bluest Eye, Morrison deals with racism and abuse. The study tries to submerge the common stuggles from both novels by trying to create a connection between the themes and the characters, and though each character is unique on their own, there are linking dots that confluence into the study topic of women’s unpleasant experiences during 20th century. Even though the stories and the characters are fictional, the thesis emphasises the fact that the struggles of women described within both novels are in fact a mirror reflection of reality for many women around the world. It is also important to highlight that as a result in the thesis common patterns are noticed; such as social status and mysogyny. In Mrs. Dalloway, Clarissa becomes the epitome of the aristocratic woman with slight snobbish values, all at the same time stuggling with her sexuality and mother role; while in The Bluest Eye there is Pecola who is the magnet of all horrible experiences one could think can happen to a little girl. Race, beauty standards and gender role are the main arguments as a result of the study. They refelct upon the prejudice that women faced during moderism, in addition realizing that some of it is still part of today’s world; therefore making it a crucial discussion to be done within this study.
English Language and Literature--Dissertations, Academic