Inner refuge : identity and the enduring quest for physical-spiritual unity
Other Title(s)
اللجوء الداخلي :
Author
Abd al-Rahman, Inas al-Sayid Muhammad
Source
Journal of Literary Studies and Humanities
Issue
Vol. 24, Issue 2 (31 Jan. 2021), pp.482-519, 38 p.
Publisher
Kafrelsheikh University Faculty of Arts
Publication Date
2021-01-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
38
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
This paper attempts to analyze the inner spiritual rebellion of Doris Betts's female characters in their struggle to discover their identities.
They use four strategies: going West in Heading West(1981) and The Sharp Teeth of Love(1998), imagining illusions in The Sharp Teeth of Love, resorting to religion in The Astronomer( 1973) and welcoming death in Souls Raised from the Dead(1994).
The study examines how Betts's female characters succeed in their heroic struggle to achieve the homogeneity of their physical-spiritual identity.
This reveals that Betts's women drip from the outer selfish physical world into an emotional mystical world as their final resort.
The study proposes Betts's use of the second wave feminism- that the American Southern women writers are famous for at that time- from the 1960s till the 1990.
The study traces the cultural inequalities, gender, and the role of women in the society as three aspects of the second wave feminism
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abd al-Rahman, Inas al-Sayid Muhammad. 2021. Inner refuge : identity and the enduring quest for physical-spiritual unity. Journal of Literary Studies and Humanities،Vol. 24, no. 2, pp.482-519.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1437872
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Abd al-Rahman, Inas al-Sayid Muhammad. Inner refuge : identity and the enduring quest for physical-spiritual unity. Journal of Literary Studies and Humanities Vol. 24, no. 2 (Jan. 2021), pp.482-519.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1437872
American Medical Association (AMA)
Abd al-Rahman, Inas al-Sayid Muhammad. Inner refuge : identity and the enduring quest for physical-spiritual unity. Journal of Literary Studies and Humanities. 2021. Vol. 24, no. 2, pp.482-519.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1437872
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
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BIM-1437872