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AN EXPLORATION OF SELF-CONSTRUCTION THROUGH BUDDHIST IMAGERY IN MAXINE HONG KINGSTON’S THE WOMAN WARRIOR

Bilek Gage, Rosann M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1327884388

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2011, Master of Arts in English, Cleveland State University, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.
Buddhist imagery in The Woman Warrior can be interpreted as part of a Buddhist journey, a journey to observe and realize the nature of the self as mutable and indefinable; this concept of self becomes transcendent through the novel to the reader by a participatory process which calls for insight beyond the illusion created by the narrative itself. Through an exploration of Buddhist inspired images – silence, seated mediation, the concept of the self as observer, koan, martial arts, the role of suffering and even aspects of transmigration and time – the struggle or journey to define a self transcends the idea of cultural identity and linear narrative that adds to existing critical discussions of the text.
F. Jeff Karem, PhD (Advisor)
Jennifer Jeffers, PhD (Committee Member)
James Marino, PhD (Committee Member)
54 p.
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The Woman Warrior; Buddhist imagery; Buddhist journey; silence; meditation; self; cultural identity; koan; martial arts

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  • Bilek Gage, R. M. (2011). AN EXPLORATION OF SELF-CONSTRUCTION THROUGH BUDDHIST IMAGERY IN MAXINE HONG KINGSTON’S THE WOMAN WARRIOR [Master's thesis, Cleveland State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1327884388

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bilek Gage, Rosann. AN EXPLORATION OF SELF-CONSTRUCTION THROUGH BUDDHIST IMAGERY IN MAXINE HONG KINGSTON’S THE WOMAN WARRIOR. 2011. Cleveland State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1327884388.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bilek Gage, Rosann. "AN EXPLORATION OF SELF-CONSTRUCTION THROUGH BUDDHIST IMAGERY IN MAXINE HONG KINGSTON’S THE WOMAN WARRIOR." Master's thesis, Cleveland State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1327884388

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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