Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,5, , language: English, abstract: Ann Petry, a female Afro-American novelist, published her novel The Street in 1946. The setting of this novel is Harlem in the 1940s. The story deals with the life and trials of the Mulatto woman Lutie Johnson and her struggle to find a place in this environment for herself and her son. Hence, The Street is also concerned with different aspects of urban life. Thus, one might also claim that Petry's novel is about portraying the difficulties a single coloured woman and mother had in Harlem, living on 116th Street in New York City. Apart from being an urban novel, Petry also captured the symbolic character of Harlem in The Street, namely that it is a "(...) symbol of the Negro's perpetual alienation in the land of his birth". Hence, this novel also touches upon the topic of disillusionment in city life. In the following analysis, we will primarily deal with the last chapters of the novel and in particular with the end of the novel, which shows Lutie Johnson leaving Harlem and moving to Chicago. On the one hand, we will be concerned with the reasons and motifs why Lutie is disillusioned and finally leaves Harlem. On the other hand, we will deal with the implications and possibilities that Lutie's movement to Chicago brings with it.
Produktkennzeichnungen
ISBN-10
3656841748
ISBN-13
9783656841746
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208309291
Produkt Hauptmerkmale
Sprache
Englisch
Anzahl der Seiten
16 Seiten
Ausgabe
Ausgabe Nr. 1 des Jahres 14
Verlag
Grin Publishing
Autor
Sirinya Pakditawan
Buchtitel
An Analysis of "The Street" by Ann Petry
Format
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsjahr
2014
Zusätzliche Produkteigenschaften
Hörbuch
No
Item Length
21cm
Item Height
1mm
Item Width
14cm
Item Weight
40g
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