Social ostracism in Wharton’s fiction

Title: Social ostracism in Wharton’s fiction
Creator: Saministrado, Maria Luisa
Relation: Humanity Journal Vol. 2013, p. 35-39
Relation: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/school/hss/research/publications/humanity/2013-humanity-journal.html
Publisher: Newcastle - Macquarie Universities Postgraduate Conference
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2013
Description: In Wharton’s The House of Mirth, patriarchy’s pervasive power in society is quiet. Its existence affects familial relations through influences on the heroine’s decision making skills, acquired patterns and perspectives. The traditional gender role suggests that the heroine has internalized the patriarchal consciousness where conspicuous consumption, female commodification, crass materialism, and male dominance are a recurring phenomenon. Through the objective portrayal in the analysis of the narrative, this paper explores the causes of the heroine’s ostracism from the society’s upper crust and her subsequent downfall. It also shows that patriarchal constructs are deeply embedded in nineteenth century literature represented by Wharton’s narrative.
Subject: literature; novel; literary criticism; novel analysis; social ostracism; nineteenth century literature; heroine; Edith Wharton; patriarchy; female commodification
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1049010
Identifier: uon:14982
Language: eng
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