Analysing Homosexual Identity Development in E.M. Forster’s Maurice: A Study from the Perspective of the Cass Identity Model
The undertaken research aims to analyse the homosexual identity development of an Edwardian gentleman named Maurice Hall depicted in E.M. Forster’s novel ‘Maurice’. The qualitative data has been reviewed from the text of the novel to analyse the homosexual identity development in the protagonist of...
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The undertaken research aims to analyse the homosexual identity development of an Edwardian gentleman named Maurice Hall depicted in E.M. Forster’s novel ‘Maurice’. The qualitative data has been reviewed from the text of the novel to analyse the homosexual identity development in the protagonist of the novel from the vantage point of the six-staged Cass identity model (1979) based on identity confusion, identity comparison, identity tolerance, identity acceptance, identity pride, and identity synthesis. The model further elucidates identity foreclosure, which is failure to complete any of these stages and stagnate the process of identity development. It has been found that Maurice Hall deems himself undesirable until he makes peace with his sexual identity by passing through each step of the Cass Identity Model.
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spelling | doaj.art-60b36a2d45bd44f39ccbfea8b442ec9c2024-02-08T15:34:12ZengDepartment of English, University of ChitralUniversity of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature2617-36112663-15122024-02-018IAnalysing Homosexual Identity Development in E.M. Forster’s Maurice: A Study from the Perspective of the Cass Identity ModelSadaf Ashraf Talpur0Muhammad Tufail Chandio1Sanaullah Rustamani2MPhil Scholar, the Department of English Language and Literature, University of Sindh Laar Campus Badin, PakistanAssociate Professor, the Department of English Language and Literature, University of Sindh Laar Campus Badin, PakistanPhD Scholar, the Institute of English Language and Literature, University of Sindh, Pakistan The undertaken research aims to analyse the homosexual identity development of an Edwardian gentleman named Maurice Hall depicted in E.M. Forster’s novel ‘Maurice’. The qualitative data has been reviewed from the text of the novel to analyse the homosexual identity development in the protagonist of the novel from the vantage point of the six-staged Cass identity model (1979) based on identity confusion, identity comparison, identity tolerance, identity acceptance, identity pride, and identity synthesis. The model further elucidates identity foreclosure, which is failure to complete any of these stages and stagnate the process of identity development. It has been found that Maurice Hall deems himself undesirable until he makes peace with his sexual identity by passing through each step of the Cass Identity Model. https://jll.uoch.edu.pk/index.php/jll/article/view/253The Cass Identity Model, homosexuality, LGBTQ, Maurice, Queer, sexual identity |
spellingShingle | Sadaf Ashraf Talpur Muhammad Tufail Chandio Sanaullah Rustamani Analysing Homosexual Identity Development in E.M. Forster’s Maurice: A Study from the Perspective of the Cass Identity Model University of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature The Cass Identity Model, homosexuality, LGBTQ, Maurice, Queer, sexual identity |
title | Analysing Homosexual Identity Development in E.M. Forster’s Maurice: A Study from the Perspective of the Cass Identity Model |
title_full | Analysing Homosexual Identity Development in E.M. Forster’s Maurice: A Study from the Perspective of the Cass Identity Model |
title_fullStr | Analysing Homosexual Identity Development in E.M. Forster’s Maurice: A Study from the Perspective of the Cass Identity Model |
title_full_unstemmed | Analysing Homosexual Identity Development in E.M. Forster’s Maurice: A Study from the Perspective of the Cass Identity Model |
title_short | Analysing Homosexual Identity Development in E.M. Forster’s Maurice: A Study from the Perspective of the Cass Identity Model |
title_sort | analysing homosexual identity development in e m forster s maurice a study from the perspective of the cass identity model |
topic | The Cass Identity Model, homosexuality, LGBTQ, Maurice, Queer, sexual identity |
url | https://jll.uoch.edu.pk/index.php/jll/article/view/253 |
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