Publication Date
5-1993
Advisor(s) - Committee Chair
Will Fridy, Elizabeth Oakes, Joseph Millichap
Degree Program
Department of English
Degree Type
Master of Arts
Abstract
Sexuality in the early novels of Robert Penn Warren is generally not appealing, intimate, or indicative of love between partners, in part due to the seeming coldness of the female characters and the near-asexuality of the males. However, when both social and personal interactions between the characters are analyzed semiotically according to the theories of Julia Kristeva, a pattern emerges which explains the harshness of the bond between men and women.
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | English Language and Literature | Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Literature in English, North America | Literature in English, North America, Ethnic and Cultural Minority
Recommended Citation
Day, Lisa, "Meet Me in the Semiotic Glen: The Evolution of Gender Communication in the Early Novels of Robert Penn Warren" (1993). Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 2232.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/2232
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