Date of Award
Fall 12-2011
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Degree Program
English Teaching
Department
English
Major Professor
Earle Bryant (Co-Major Professor)
Second Advisor
Kris Lackey (Co-Major Professor)
Third Advisor
Daniel Doll
Abstract
According to Ernest Gaines‘ personal experiences as a Southerner, without addressing the history of slavery, the quest for human dignity becomes meaningless. The discourses and the ideologies of the characters in AGathering of Old Men represent a call for social change. A Gathering of Old Men is however, more than just a novel about whites dominating blacks; it is a novel about the fight for humanity in spite of the threat of a new social order. The social repercussions of slavery and the denial of black manhood are central issues in A Gathering of Old Men, but Gaines also exhibits ways in which the demand for a social change in our society can bring about racial harmony.
Recommended Citation
Session, La Toya, "Racism Recognized and the Reformation of the South in Ernest Gaines‘" (2011). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 1417.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1417
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