Thesis
A journey of becoming: Aime Cesaire's three-fold embodiment of negritude
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2017
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/102413
Abstract
Since it was published in his book The Hero With A Thousand Faces in 1949, Joseph Campbell’s theory of the hero’s journey has been applied to mythologies from across the world, contemporary works of fiction, and historical figures. This theory—also known as the monomyth—has often been criticized for being too exclusive; often enough, the monomyth only serves to unify “myths” and stories of white, male heroes. It is not often enough that myths, stories, and historical realities belonging to those who have been Othered are treated with the same universal respect that Campbell often claimed as the “goal” of his monomyth. Through a close reading of his 1,055 line poem “Notebook of a Return to My Native Land” using a revised version of the lens provided by Campbell’s monomyth, I offer a new interpretation not just of Césaire’s narrator-hero, but also the heroic influence that Césaire himself had on the francophone postcolonial movement, properly deemed negritude.
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Details
- Title
- A journey of becoming
- Creators
- Allyson Rose Herkowski
- Contributors
- Donna L. Potts (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- English, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; [Pullman, Washington] :
- Identifiers
- 99900525195901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis