http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).53
10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).53
Published : Jun 2
The Rediscovery of Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie: An Analysis from New Historicist, Historical Reception and Feminist Perspectives
A social documentary of Dreiser's milieu and own life, Sister Carrie (1900) portrays American women from multiple angles. As a genuine criticism of debased American values, the text describes women's social, personal, sexual, marital, and economic sides of contemporary American women through Carrie. Having a poor critical reception in the 1910s, the novel was rediscovered worldwide with new vigor since the mid-20th-century for its potent feminist message. Like in other countries, its importance has been felt Pakistani academia, where it is psychologically preparing the emerging woman for the forthcoming SocialDarwinist challenges. This study rediscovers Sister Carrie through the lenses of New Historicism, Historical Reception, and Feminism: why Dreiser wrote it; how the public/critics received it; how it contributed a change to the women's position; and how it could strengthen women's role in Pakistan.
-
Rediscovery, Feminism, Social-Darwinism, Dreiser, Pakistani
-
(1) Imran Ali
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Fatima Jinnah Women University The Mall, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Bahramand Shah
Assistant Professor, American Literature, Area Study Center, Quaidii-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
- Baym, Nina, Jeanne C. R and Arnold K, eds. (2007). The Norton Anthology of American Literature. New York: Norton & Company, Vol. C, Seventh Edition
- Baym, Nina, Robert S. Livine, eds. (2012). The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Ed. Julia, R. New York: Norton and Company, Vol. B, 8th edition
- Donald P (1977). New York: Cambridge University Press. 23-42.
- Dowell, R. W. (Spring 1990).
- Dowell, R. W. (1988).
- Dowell, R. W. (Fall 1992).
- Dreiser, T. (1970). Sister, C. Ed. Donald Pizer. New York: Norton and Co
- Elias, R. H. (1970). Theodore Dreiser: Apostle of Nature. Ithaca: Cornell University Press
- Evans, Sara M. (1989). Born for Liberty: A History of Women in America. New York: Collier Macmillan Publishers.
- Hochman, B. (1991).
- Hussman, Jr. Lawrence E. (1983). Dreiser and His Fiction: A Twentieth-Century Quest. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press
- Kolb, D. A. (1984). Experiential Learning: Experience as the source of learning and development. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
- Lehan, R. (1946). Theodore Dreiser: His World and his Novels. Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press.
- Lieblich, A., Tuval-Mashiach, R. & Zilber, T. (1998). Narrative research: Reading, analysis, and interpretation. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Lyon, Harris, M. (1981).
- Markels, J. (1981).
- Matthiessen, F.O. (1968). American Renaissance: Art and Expression in the Age of Emerson and Whitman. London: Oxford University Press. (originally published in1941).
- Matthiessen, F.O. (1981).
- McAlleer, J. J. (1968). Theodore Dreiser: An Introduction and Interpretation. New York: Barnes and Noble.
- McQuade, Donald,ed. (1987). The Harper American Literature. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 2.
- McWhirter, D. (2010). Henry James in Context. New York: Cambridge University Press
- Mezirow, J. (1997). Transformative Learnig: Theory to Practice. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 74 (5). doi: 10.1002/ace.7401
- Mookerjee, R.N. (1974). Theodore Dreiser: His Thought and Social Criticism. Delhi: National Publishing House.
- Morelli-White, N.
- Morelli-White, N. (1992).
- Mukherjee, A. P. (1990).
- Perriere, De la E. (1990).
- Plummer, K. (1995). Telling Sexual Stories. London: Routledge.
- Reedy, W.M. (1981).
- Riggio, T. P. (1991).
- Sagris, J. (2008). Liberatory education for democracy. The International Journal of Inclusive Democracy, 4(3), 1-4
- Salzman, J. (1969).
- Shulman, R. (1989). Social Criticism and the Nineteenth Century American Fiction. Missouri: University of Missouri.
- Sloane, David E. Sister C. (1992). Theodore Dreiser's Sociological Tragedy. New York: Twayne Publishers.
- Ware, S. (2002). Modern American Women: A Documentary History. New York: McGraw Hill Publisher
- Woloch. N. (1994). Women and the American Experience. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Cite this article
-
APA : Ali, I., & Shah, B. (2019). The Rediscovery of Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie: An Analysis from New Historicist, Historical Reception and Feminist Perspectives. Global Social Sciences Review, IV(II), 409-419. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).53
-
CHICAGO : Ali, Imran, and Bahramand Shah. 2019. "The Rediscovery of Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie: An Analysis from New Historicist, Historical Reception and Feminist Perspectives." Global Social Sciences Review, IV (II): 409-419 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).53
-
HARVARD : ALI, I. & SHAH, B. 2019. The Rediscovery of Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie: An Analysis from New Historicist, Historical Reception and Feminist Perspectives. Global Social Sciences Review, IV, 409-419.
-
MHRA : Ali, Imran, and Bahramand Shah. 2019. "The Rediscovery of Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie: An Analysis from New Historicist, Historical Reception and Feminist Perspectives." Global Social Sciences Review, IV: 409-419
-
MLA : Ali, Imran, and Bahramand Shah. "The Rediscovery of Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie: An Analysis from New Historicist, Historical Reception and Feminist Perspectives." Global Social Sciences Review, IV.II (2019): 409-419 Print.
-
OXFORD : Ali, Imran and Shah, Bahramand (2019), "The Rediscovery of Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie: An Analysis from New Historicist, Historical Reception and Feminist Perspectives", Global Social Sciences Review, IV (II), 409-419
-
TURABIAN : Ali, Imran, and Bahramand Shah. "The Rediscovery of Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie: An Analysis from New Historicist, Historical Reception and Feminist Perspectives." Global Social Sciences Review IV, no. II (2019): 409-419. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).53