The Other Sex Conference
I will be speaking next monday, 23/6 at 10:00 if anyone local wants to come. Here is the abstract of my lecture:
דבי כהן, החוג לאנגלית ולימודים אמריקניים
Turning the Literary Love Triangle on Its Side
In the chapter "Gender Asymmetry and Erotic Triangles" in Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire. Sedgwick proposes that in the erotic triangle the erotic rivalry is the bond that links the two rivals is as intense and potent as the bond that links either of the rivals to the love object. "The bond between the rivals is even a stronger a determinant of their actions than anything in the bond between anything in the bond between either of the lovers and the beloved." (Between Men 21) In my paper I explore love triangles in which a man and a woman are competing for the affections of a woman, specifically The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton. According to Sedgwick's theory of love triangles, Gerty's competition with Lily for the love of Selden is in fact a way of expressing her love for Lily herself, turning the triangle on its side and making the true apex of the triangle Lily herself. Reading the scene book through the lense of Sedgewick's love triangle we can understand that Gerty's true object of affection is Lily Bart.
Hope to see you there!
דבי כהן, החוג לאנגלית ולימודים אמריקניים
Turning the Literary Love Triangle on Its Side
In the chapter "Gender Asymmetry and Erotic Triangles" in Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire. Sedgwick proposes that in the erotic triangle the erotic rivalry is the bond that links the two rivals is as intense and potent as the bond that links either of the rivals to the love object. "The bond between the rivals is even a stronger a determinant of their actions than anything in the bond between anything in the bond between either of the lovers and the beloved." (Between Men 21) In my paper I explore love triangles in which a man and a woman are competing for the affections of a woman, specifically The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton. According to Sedgwick's theory of love triangles, Gerty's competition with Lily for the love of Selden is in fact a way of expressing her love for Lily herself, turning the triangle on its side and making the true apex of the triangle Lily herself. Reading the scene book through the lense of Sedgewick's love triangle we can understand that Gerty's true object of affection is Lily Bart.
Hope to see you there!