التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Cultivating Moral Attention in Ellison's Invisible Man and Murdoch's Moral Theory. |
| المؤلفون: |
Smith, Amy C. |
| المصدر: |
Philosophy & Literature; Apr2024, Vol. 48 Issue 1, p185-203, 19p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
HUMILITY, GENEROSITY |
| People: |
ELLISON, Ralph, 1914-1994 |
| مستخلص: |
Is Invisible Man a sexist novel? Some critics have said so. I argue that reading Invisible Man solely with a focus on gender representation misses an ethically significant dynamic between Ralph Ellison's narrator and white women. Reading Invisible Man alongside Iris Murdoch's moral philosophy reveals a shared emphasis on cultivating attention to the realities of individuals by resisting fantasy. In viewing white women, the invisible man undergoes a Murdochian moral pilgrimage from fantasy to reality with courage, humility, and generosity. By situating this triumph within the American white supremacist patriarchy, Ellison corrects some of Murdoch's disengagement from politics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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