Orality, Literacy, and Heroism in Huckleberry Finn Metadata
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Title
- Main Title Orality, Literacy, and Heroism in Huckleberry Finn
Creator
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Author: Barrow, William David, 1955-Creator Type: Personal
Contributor
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Chair: Kesterson, David B., 1938-Contributor Type: PersonalContributor Info: Major Professor
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Committee Member: Hardy, Heather K. (Heather Kay), 1952-Contributor Type: PersonalContributor Info: Minor Professor
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Committee Member: Tanner, James T. F.Contributor Type: Personal
Publisher
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Name: North Texas State UniversityPlace of Publication: Denton, Texas
Date
- Creation: 1986-08
Language
- English
Description
- Content Description: This work re-assesses the heroic character of Huckleberry Finn in light of the inherent problems of discourse. Walter Ong's insights into the differences between oral and literate consciousnesses, and Stanley Fish's concept of "interpretive communities" are applied to Huck's interactions with the other characters, revealing the underlying dynamic of his character, the need for a viable discourse community. Further established, by enlisting the ideas of Ernest Becker, is that this need for community finds its source in the most fundamental human problem, the consciousness of death. The study concludes that the problematic ending of Twain's novel is consistent with the theme of community and is neither the artistic failure, nor the cynical pronouncement on the human race that so many critics have seen it to be.
- Physical Description: i, 104 leaves
Subject
- Keyword: Huckleberry Finn
- Keyword: literate consciousness
- Keyword: oral consciousness
- Keyword: heroic characters
- Library of Congress Subject Headings: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Library of Congress Subject Headings: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation
Collection
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Name: UNT Theses and DissertationsCode: UNTETD
Institution
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Name: UNT LibrariesCode: UNT
Rights
- Rights Access: public
- Rights License: copyright
- Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.
- Rights Holder: Barrow, William David, 1955-
Resource Type
- Thesis or Dissertation
Format
- Text
Identifier
- Call Number: 379 N81 no. 6254
- Accession or Local Control No: 1002775407-Barrow
- UNT Catalog No.: b1364951
- OCLC: 15296398
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc500929
Degree
- Degree Level: Master's
- Degree Grantor: North Texas State University
- Academic Department: Department of English
- Degree Discipline: English
- Degree Name: Master of Arts
- Degree Publication Type: thesi