Trauma, Gender and Ethics in the Works of E.L. Doctorow

ISBN-13: 9781032238753 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 218 str.

Mar?a Ferr?ndez San Miguel

Opis

This project approaches four of Doctorow’s novels-Welcome to Hard Times (1960), The Book of Daniel (1971), Ragtime (1975), and City of God (2000)-from the perspectives of feminist criticism and trauma theory.

Spis treści

Introduction

Chapter 1. Welcome to Hard Times; the Frontier Reconsidered

Shame, Guilt, Violence and Trauma

In Search for a New Gender Order

Discussion and Conclusion

Chapter 2. The Book of Daniel; a Memoir Gone Awry

The Trauma of a Grievous Past

Gender Oppression and/as Power

Discussion and Conclusion

Chapter 3. Ragtime; Remembering the Future

Trauma and Resilience

The Politics of Gender

Discussion and Conclusion

Chapter 4. City of God; with Eyes Past All Grief

Fictionalizing the Holocaust

Voicing Gender

Discussion and Conclusion

Chapter 5. Discussion; the Ethics and Politics of Literature

Conclusion

O autorze

María Ferrández San Miguel is a lecturer at the Department of English and German Studies (University of Zaragoza). Her work has been published in journals such as Atlantis, The Nordic Journal of English Studies and Orbis Litterarum, and in volumes such as Memory Frictions: Conflict, Negotiation, Politics (Palgrave MacMillan).