THE INTRICACIES OF RACE, FREEDOM AND ETHICS IN RICHARD WRIGHT’S SAVAGE HOLIDAY

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Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi
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THE INTRICACIES OF RACE, FREEDOM AND ETHICS IN RICHARD WRIGHT’S SAVAGE HOLIDAY

THE INTRICACIES OF RACE, FREEDOM AND ETHICS IN RICHARD WRIGHT’S SAVAGE HOLIDAY

Authors : Aşkın Çelikkol

Pages : 1-16

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Publication Date : 2018-01-15

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Richard Wright’s Savage Holiday is a novel which attempts to move beyond the racial configurations and limitations attributed to and imposed on race-neutral literary works penned by the African American authors. Convinced that the racial/ethnic disparities, sociopolitical factors and historical contexts determine the subjective positions of the blacks as well as the whites, in Savage Holiday Wright depicts the moral conundrum and the freedom related predicaments of a white character who imagines himself to be the embodiment of white supremacy and patriarchy. The present study offers a psychoanalytic exploration into the disturbed mental life of the protagonist Erskine Fowler who commits two murders and the study also purports to read Fowler’s story as an epitome of the social pathologies hinged on deeply ingrained racial classifications and prejudices.
Keywords : Afrikan Amerikan Edebiyatı, Irk, Psikanalitik Edebiyat Eleştirisi

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