Power and Resistance in The Thorn Birds

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2008-08

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Svatek, Kimberly Ann

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In The History of Sexuality: An Introduction, Michel Foucault presents several theories concerning power, subjectivity, and truth. This thesis considers these theories in relation to Colleen McCullough’s The Thorn Birds, a chick lit novel written in 1977. Examples from McCullough’s text show how Foucault’s theories apply to modem literature. A discussion of the female reader and her interaction with the chick lit text also shows how Foucault’s theories can be applied in modem society.

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direct discourse in literature, feminism and literature, social role in literature, chick lit

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Svatek, K. A. (2008). Power and resistance in The thorn birds (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.

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