Object

Title: As a mode of resistance in Tillie Olsen`s short story "O Yes"

Creator:

Bell, Erin

Date:

2020

Resource Type:

rozdział w książce

Contributor:

Mobley, Agnieszka - red. nauk. ; Fondo, Blossom N. - red. nauk. ; Filipczak, Iwona - red. nauk.

Group publication title:

Scripta Humana, 15

Abstract:

Coined by French literary theorist Gerard Genette, the term "paratext" describes any number of elements that frame a work of literature, including indexes, illustrations, tables of contents, as well as typographical elements such as the spacing between words and textual margins. This essay begins by exploring how, historically, such paratextual spaces have Server as sites for literary protest and subversion of racist and sexist ideologies, in order to bring focus to American author Tillie Olsen`s innovative use of such elements in her short fiction. ; This essay specifically analyzes Olsen`s use of paratextual spacing and typography in her short story "O Yes" (1961) to demonstrate how such formal elements serve as a mimetic reflection of the division between black and white people in the mid-century 20th century. ; In short, Olsen employs marginal aspects of the text to consider and reflect upon the marginalization of African-Americans during the time the story was published. Olsen`s irregular and non-standard spacing between lines, words, and paragraphs reflects the gaps and separation between people living in America and displays the cacophony of voices present in such a divided landscape.

Publisher:

Zielona Góra: Oficyna Wydawnicza Uniwersytetu Zielonogórskiego

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

oai:zbc.uz.zgora.pl:78275

Pages:

11-25

Source:

Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Zielonogórskiego: Seria Scripta Humana, tom 15

Language:

pol

Rights:

Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Zielonogórskiego

Objects

Similar

This page uses 'cookies'. More information