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Recognition: Ethics and Cultural Work in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”

Price, Ellen E
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1186775706

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2007, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, English/Literature.
Through this project, I argue that it is time to take Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird to a more complex level based on ethics and recognition. I first discuss ways in which the text has already been studied, such as in terms of tolerance or empathy, and then discuss how and why it should be taken further. Throughout my argument, I use Emmanuel Levinas’ theory of ethics to demonstrate ways in which characters in Lee’s text moved beyond mere tolerance or ethics. By using Erving Goffman’s Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity as well as Emmanuel Levinas’ theory of ethics, scholars can begin to look at this book in new ways. When read through a new lens, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird has the potential to contribute more to literary study than simply a lesson of tolerance; instead, it can be interpreted as having new implications for the study of ethics and recognition.
Ellen Berry (Advisor)
57 p.
Literature, American
To Kill a Mockingbird; Ethics; Recognition; Emmanuel Levinas; Erving Goffman

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  • Price, E. E. (2007). Recognition: Ethics and Cultural Work in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1186775706

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Price, Ellen. Recognition: Ethics and Cultural Work in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”. 2007. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1186775706.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Price, Ellen. "Recognition: Ethics and Cultural Work in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1186775706

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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