The mother-daughter conflict in selected works by Doris Lessing

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dc.contributor.advisorCartwright, Johnen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHunter, Eva Shireenen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-22T07:52:08Z
dc.date.available2014-09-22T07:52:08Z
dc.date.issued1985en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 166-180.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe central characters in Doris Lessing's novels are usually women struggling to shape for themselves a new and authentic identity in a changing world. In this study it is argued that this quest involves the Lessing character in a conflict less with any man than with another woman. This woman is the mother. The younger woman's task is to resist the compulsion to become like her mother and so lead a narrow, entirely domesticated life. The theme of the mother-daughter conflict is given its first extensive examination in this study. Three of Lessing's works are analysed in detail, while brief reference is made to nearly all of her novels and some African short stories. The three works selected, The Grass is Singing (1950), "To Room Nineteen" (1963), and The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five (1980), mark the beginning, an approximate mid-point, and the conclusion of the theme under discussion. They are also works that have not, as yet, enjoyed the exhaustive critical attention given to the Children of Violence series and The Golden Notebook.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationHunter, E. S. (1985). <i>The mother-daughter conflict in selected works by Doris Lessing</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7592en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHunter, Eva Shireen. <i>"The mother-daughter conflict in selected works by Doris Lessing."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7592en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHunter, E. 1985. The mother-daughter conflict in selected works by Doris Lessing. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Hunter, Eva Shireen AB - The central characters in Doris Lessing's novels are usually women struggling to shape for themselves a new and authentic identity in a changing world. In this study it is argued that this quest involves the Lessing character in a conflict less with any man than with another woman. This woman is the mother. The younger woman's task is to resist the compulsion to become like her mother and so lead a narrow, entirely domesticated life. The theme of the mother-daughter conflict is given its first extensive examination in this study. Three of Lessing's works are analysed in detail, while brief reference is made to nearly all of her novels and some African short stories. The three works selected, The Grass is Singing (1950), "To Room Nineteen" (1963), and The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five (1980), mark the beginning, an approximate mid-point, and the conclusion of the theme under discussion. They are also works that have not, as yet, enjoyed the exhaustive critical attention given to the Children of Violence series and The Golden Notebook. DA - 1985 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1985 T1 - The mother-daughter conflict in selected works by Doris Lessing TI - The mother-daughter conflict in selected works by Doris Lessing UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7592 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHunter ES. The mother-daughter conflict in selected works by Doris Lessing. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 1985 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7592en_ZA
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dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of English Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnglishen_ZA
dc.titleThe mother-daughter conflict in selected works by Doris Lessingen_ZA
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