Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Arts (MA)
Major/Program
English
First Advisor's Name
Ana Luszczynska
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Michael Patrick Gillespie
Second Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Member
Third Advisor's Name
James Sutton
Third Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Member
Keywords
body, space, ponty, epigenetic, carter, STEM, dasein, being
Date of Defense
3-30-2016
Abstract
This study aims to trace points of intersection between the too often divorced disciplines of literature, continental philosophy, and the hard sciences in Angela Carter’s “The Lady of the House of Love.” In short, this thesis will not only explore how such conversations surface within the short story, but will also serve as an explication of Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy of body and space, and the theory of epigenetics. Through these explications, the thesis itself will also gear one discipline towards the other as both theories intimately bind the environment with the body, and the body with the environment. Thus, the body and the environment are not separate and passive, but active and intertwined in a manner much like the aforementioned disciplines I posit are. Therefore, the goal of this thesis is to first postulate that such conversations between literature, philosophy, and science are already occurring, and as such, stress that such conversations need further discussion and exploration.
Identifier
FIDC000260
Recommended Citation
Skarlinsky, Solsiree Lynn, "Turn Me On or Off: A Study On Epigenetics and Merleau-Ponty in Angela Carter’s “The Lady of the House of Love”" (2016). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2465.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2465
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Continental Philosophy Commons, Feminist Philosophy Commons, Modern Literature Commons, Other Genetics and Genomics Commons, Philosophy of Science Commons
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