- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Destruction and development in interpersonal relationships: men in three novels of Alice Walker, 1991
- Creator:
- Dixon, Henry O.
- Date of Original:
- 1991-05-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The rationale of this study is to examine the contribution that male characters make in either the destruction or development of female characters in three novels of Alice Walker. The men, through their violent, abusive, sadistic, or reformed behavior, contribute to either the destruction or the development of female characters. They are men who are capable of good and evil, and in all three novels the major male characters experience an enlightenment and eventually contribute to the development of the female protagonists in the novels. The study further examines some reasons why Black men may be abusive to Black women. It also shows that some Black men, through enlightening experiences, may be able to transcend these negative causes and contribute, eventually, to wholesome and profitable relationships with both women and other males.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1991_dixon_henry_o.pdf
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
-
