ENGC13H3 Lecture : Young Lonigan
Document Summary
James t. farrell"s young lonigan: identity & genre. The way the family relates to community. She"s always introduced as mrs. dennis p. gormans she"s defined by who her husband is and what he does. She doesn"t have her own identity: maybe it also shows her status in society, mr. lonigan calls him denny they"ve grown up together so he has to take on. Seems pretentious this name to distinguish himself from the others he wants to seem somewhat better than those around him. Since they"re still in the same environment they have to distinguish themselves: mr. gorman is seen as having transcended this masculine image. Studs lonigan may be going towards femininity issue of gender identity* Very masculine (in comparison to mr. lonigan: his down-to-earth attitude how comes he can represent this but other parents cannot. Indian references - romantic notion of america fought for america and conquered.
