Tillie Olsen and the Dialectical Philosophy of Proletarian Literature (eBook)

Anthony Dawahare (Autor)

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2018
148 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-7874-5 (ISBN)

Infos

This study historicizes Tillie Olsen’s fiction in the context of the Depression-era proletarian literary movement in the United States and its philosophy of dialectical materialism. It argues that dialectical materialism informs both the form and content of her fiction.

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Contrary to previous studies of Tillie Olsen's writing, Tillie Olsen and the Dialectical Philosophy of Proletarian Literature analyzes the impact of one of the most important philosophies of the last century, dialectical materialism, on the form and content of Olsen's fiction. By revealing the unconceptualized dialectics of Olsen's work and its appreciation by scholars and casual readers, this study achieves a dialectical synthesis that incorporates and extends the insights of and about Olsen in terms of dialectical materialism. By foregrounding Olsen's dialectical approach, it explains and largely resolves apparent contradictions between her Marxism and feminism; her depictions of class, race, and gender; the literature of her earlier and later periods; and her use of realist and modernist literary forms and techniques. Consequently, this project makes a case for the importance of Olsen's Marxist education during the "e;Red Decade"e; of the 1930s and within the U.S. proletarian literary movement.

Autor

Anthony Dawahare is professor of English at California State University, Northridge.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Proletarian Literature & Dialectical TheoryChapter 2: Materialist Dialectics in Tillie Olsen’s Early WorkChapter 3: Tell Me a Riddle & the Dialectics of Everyday LifeChapter 4: “Requa I”: The Power of the NegativeAfterword: “The Word Made Flesh”: Dialectical Materialism as a Living Philosophy

Produkt-Details

• Reihe/Serie: Innovation and Activism in American Women's Writing
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: Class • Classism • communism • dialectical materialism • Dialectics • Feminism • Gender • Karl Marx • literary proletarian • Literary Representation • Marxism • proletarian literature • Proletariat • Race • Red Decade • the 1930s • The Great Depression • Tillie Olsen • Working Class
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-7874-8 / 1498578748
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-7874-5 / 9781498578745