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Beckett's Patriarchy of Words: Gender and Language in "First Love"

Friday, November 7, 2014: 11:20 AM
Director’s Row H (Sheraton)
Emily Oliver , Georgia Southern University
This project presents close reading and analysis of Samuel Beckett’s short story “First Love.” The research focuses on the use of gendered language in establishing a linguistic system of patriarchy by examining the binary system that establishes the  marginalized other, essentializes woman as physical, and commodifies the feminized subject.