Orality, Literacy, and Heroism in Huckleberry Finn
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 commu…
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Date:
August 1986
Creator:
Barrow, William David, 1955-
Partner:
UNT Libraries