Degree Type
Thesis
Date of Award
2009
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
English
First Advisor
Kathleen Hickok
Abstract
In the foreword to her 2003 novel Love, Toni Morrison states that love and betrayal are coexisting themes within her works. Investigating these themes further, this thesis aims to explore the influences of heterosexuality on Morrison's female characters by applying feminist psychoanalytic theory to Love. Specifically, the characters Heed the Night, Christine, and Junior are analyzed. Within this thesis, family is approached as a microcosmic example of the influences of heterosexuality on the individual. Triangular frameworks within psychoanalytic theory are applied as a framework for analyzing each of the three female characters in terms of heterosexual identity, and for examining the effects of not only gender, but race and class, on identity formation.
Copyright Owner
Katharine Lynn Fulton
Copyright Date
2009
Language
en
Date Available
2012-04-29
File Format
application/pdf
File Size
46 pages
Recommended Citation
Fulton, Katharine Lynn, "Female sexuality in Toni Morrison's Love" (2009). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 10621.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/10621
