“I be Dawg”: Intellectual Disability and the Animal Other in the Works of William Faulkner
There is a considerable dearth of criticism that applies the critical lens of Disability Studies to the works of William Faulkner. This paper hopes to contribute to the discourse on Faulkner and disability by using a Disability Studies prospective to explore the intersection of intellectual disabili...
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| description | There is a considerable dearth of criticism that applies the critical lens of Disability Studies to the works of William Faulkner. This paper hopes to contribute to the discourse on Faulkner and disability by using a Disability Studies prospective to explore the intersection of intellectual disability and the psychological coping mechanism of dehumanization in the novels Sanctuary and The Hamlet. In both novels, characters with intellectual disabilities are depicted as animals. This paper argues that Faulkner's normate characters use dehumanization to marginalize, neglect, and even abuse characters with intellectual disabilities. However, the act of dehumanization has the paradoxical effect of calling attention to the humanity and sentience of characters with intellectual disabilities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-73cf2e5ea8d949738b6b5c0b72eb63ff2022-12-21T18:58:30ZengThe Ohio State University LibrariesDisability Studies Quarterly1041-57182159-83712014-12-0134410.18061/dsq.v34i4.39993219“I be Dawg”: Intellectual Disability and the Animal Other in the Works of William FaulknerS. A. LarsonThere is a considerable dearth of criticism that applies the critical lens of Disability Studies to the works of William Faulkner. This paper hopes to contribute to the discourse on Faulkner and disability by using a Disability Studies prospective to explore the intersection of intellectual disability and the psychological coping mechanism of dehumanization in the novels Sanctuary and The Hamlet. In both novels, characters with intellectual disabilities are depicted as animals. This paper argues that Faulkner's normate characters use dehumanization to marginalize, neglect, and even abuse characters with intellectual disabilities. However, the act of dehumanization has the paradoxical effect of calling attention to the humanity and sentience of characters with intellectual disabilities.http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/3999William FaulknerIntellectual DisabilityPsychologyDisability StudiesDehumanizationAnimality |
| spellingShingle | S. A. Larson “I be Dawg”: Intellectual Disability and the Animal Other in the Works of William Faulkner Disability Studies Quarterly William Faulkner Intellectual Disability Psychology Disability Studies Dehumanization Animality |
| title | “I be Dawg”: Intellectual Disability and the Animal Other in the Works of William Faulkner |
| title_full | “I be Dawg”: Intellectual Disability and the Animal Other in the Works of William Faulkner |
| title_fullStr | “I be Dawg”: Intellectual Disability and the Animal Other in the Works of William Faulkner |
| title_full_unstemmed | “I be Dawg”: Intellectual Disability and the Animal Other in the Works of William Faulkner |
| title_short | “I be Dawg”: Intellectual Disability and the Animal Other in the Works of William Faulkner |
| title_sort | i be dawg intellectual disability and the animal other in the works of william faulkner |
| topic | William Faulkner Intellectual Disability Psychology Disability Studies Dehumanization Animality |
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