Racism Recognized and the Reformation of the South in Ernest Gaines‘

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 <em> AGathering of Old Men </em>represent a call for social change. <em>A Gathering of Old Men </em>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 <em>A Gathering of Old Men, </em>but Gaines also exhibits ways in which the demand for a social change in our society can bring about racial harmony.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year dc:date.available

2011

Author dc:creator

• Session, La Toya

Contributors dc:contributor

• Earle Bryant (Co-Major Professor)
• Kris Lackey (Co-Major Professor)
• Daniel Doll

• slavery, dignity, discourses, ideologies, social repercussions, Gathering of Old Men, social order, manhood, racial harmony
• American Literature
• Race and Ethnicity

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https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1417

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oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:td-2415