- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- The social meaning of men's and women's voices in Charles W. Chesnutt's The House Behind the Cedars and Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, 2016
- Creator:
- Walker, ShaTriece L.
- Date of Original:
- 2010/2019
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
dissertations - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Language and voice are studied in fiction to understand how characters masculinity and femininity are depicted. This study examines the meaning of mens and womens voices in Their Eyes Were Watching God and Charles Chesnutts The House Behind the Cedars. Both authors portray their characters with realistic emotions that reflect American and African-American culture. Janie struggles to discover her own voice and womanhood after two unsuccessful marriages; however, in her third marriage, Janie begins to use her voice and establish herself as a woman. Similarly, Rena neglects her black identity and finds difficulty in adjusting to white society. However, she uses her voice to illustrate her strength and accepts her blackness. This study analyzes the significance of idiolects and physiological meanings that help depict mens and womens voices in the novels. The research demonstrates the importance of mens and womens voices and how they contribute to characters maturation. KEY TERMS: occupations, African American, foklore, language, sociological, society, Anthropological Linguistics and Sociolinguistics, Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication, Linguistics, Psychology, Speech and Rhetorical Studies
Date of award: 12/16/2016
Degree type: thesis
Degree name: Master of Arts (MA)
Granting institution: Clark Atlanta University
Department: English
Advisor: Osinubi, Viktor
Advisor: Montgomery, Georgene Bess
Advisor: Wright, Susan - Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2016_walker_shatriece_l
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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