Category: language
+ american literature, language, quentin compson, shreve, southern gothic, southern literature, spoade, the sound and the fury, william faulkner
Language in William Faulkner’s “The Sound and the Fury”: Part II
Last post, I started discussing the ways that William Faulkner, in The Sound and the Fury (1929), explores the ways that language and words construct meaning and social hierarchies. Today, I want to continue that discussion by zeroing in on a couple of more scenes in Quentin’s section, specifically the scene where he talks with the three boys who are going fishing and the … Read More Language in William Faulkner’s “The Sound and the Fury”: Part II
+ american literature, ernest hemingway, in our time, language, margaret wright-cleveland, modernism, the battler, twentieth century literature
Language in Ernest Hemingway’s “The Battler”
Last post, I wrote about the ways that Ernest Hemingway highlights the ways that language constructs race in his story “The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife.” There, I examined the ways that Dick Boulton and Henry Adams describe the logs that they pull out of the sand. Are they “stolen” or free for the taking. While Hemingway zeroes in on the ways that Boulton … Read More Language in Ernest Hemingway’s “The Battler”
+ american literature, ernest hemingway, in our time, language, margaret wright-cleveland, modernism, the doctor and the doctor's wife, twentieth century literature
Language in Ernest Hemingway’s “The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife”
Writing about the connections between Jean Toomer’s Cane and Ernest Hemingway’s In Our Time, Margaret Wright-Cleveland argues that both texts examine social constructions of race. Specifically, she notes that Hemingway’s text “makes clear that both whiteness and blackness are racial constructions.” As such, both Toomer and Hemingway position “race as a formative idea for American modernism.” Today, I want to look at the ways … Read More Language in Ernest Hemingway’s “The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife”
+ jill lepore, king philip, language, michel foucault, united shades of america, w kamu bell, washington irving
Power Manifested in Language
Words, simply put, matter! The lexicon that we use to describe events or refer to individuals carry weight and meaning beyond what we may consider. On this blog, I have written about this topic numerous times, most recently in the post “Our Linguistic Entanglements.” Lately, I’ve still been thinking about this topic, especially when I teach my literature courses. There, I make consciously make … Read More Power Manifested in Language
+ african american literature, afrofuturism, cybernets, dwayne mcduffie, james baldwin, language, Linda Thuhiwai Smith, marvel, marvel cinematic universe, marvel comics, Michael collins, misty knight, narrative, robert kirkman, speculative fiction, the secret history of comics
Dwayne McDuffie’s “Deathlok” and Language
This past year, I have delved into comics more than I ever have in my life. This journey, ignited by some work I have done recently and the upcoming Black Panther film, has introduced me to various writers, artists, and characters that I had never heard of before. These texts approach topics such as race in nuanced ways that echo the “literary” texts that … Read More Dwayne McDuffie’s “Deathlok” and Language
