“Fragmentary and Inconclusive” Violence: National History and Literary Form in <i>The Professor's House</i>

Wilson, Sarah

doi:10.1215/00029831-75-3-571

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“…Cather's The Professor's House provides such an example. Sara Wilson (2003) refers to this quality, -The Professor's House has been described as ‗fragmentary and inconclusive', its form marked by the violence with which the middle section fractures the narrative.‖ (Wilson, 2003, p. 571) The Professor, Dr. Godfrey St. Peter, as the title of the novel suggests, is a representation of his own personal philosophical vision about life, having such a philosophical thought about his own life, brings him new moments about his life in the past. The House seems to play an important part of his emotional character and psychological side, as it reminds him of his own past that he once lived with a spontaneous overflow of reminiscence and memories.…”

Section: Ambivalence and Characterizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Ambivalent Nature of the Professor’s Character in Willa Cather’s The Professor’s House (1925)

Bani-Khair¹,

Ahmad²,

Shehabat³

et al. 2022

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The theme of conflict in the Professor’s character in Willa Cather’s The Professor’s House (1925) is a prevalent idea that caught the reader's attention throughout the novel. This inner conflict divides the professor’s character into two halves: one that is connected and attached to the past domain of his life that haunts his character during his entire life, or rather perpetuates and overlaps with his own way of living, and the other dimension is the aspect that is connected with the future part of his life, which is seen as an awakening or self-realization, and thus constitutes another essential ontological part in Godfrey's life. However, this conflict is accompanied by the contradictions of life itself from the point of view of the professor’s character. It is found that Godfrey's ambivalent considerations of his own life are essential, decisive, and influential.

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Section: Ambivalence and Characterizationmentioning

confidence: 99%