Project Director

Jordan, Joseph P., 1976-

Department Examiner

Whightsel, Oren A.; O'Dea, Gregory

Department

Dept. of English

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

E. M. Forster’s Maurice is a paramount text in queer literary circles, though it is highly under analyzed and discussed. This thesis analyzes E. M. Forster's Maurice and takes the focus away from the main protagonist, Maurice, and instead focuses on an in-depth analysis of the two main love interests of the novel, Clive and Alec, and how they represent two paths of homosexuality, Clive representing social visibility and homosexual repression and Alec representing social invisibility and homosexual freedom, through a close reading of the text, with the help of theory from Foucault. It begins with an introduction to the text, followed by a more detailed textual history and a look at critical works previously done on the text, before diving into a section on Clive, then a section on Alec, and finally concluding with a discussion of the paths and their effect on modern homosexual media.

Degree

B. A.; An honors thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

Date

5-2025

Subject

English fiction--20th century--History and criticism; Homosexuality in literature; Queer theory

Name

Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970--Criticism and interpretation

Keyword

Maurice; Queer

Discipline

Literature in English, British Isles

Document Type

Theses

Extent

ii, 63 leaves

DCMI Type

Text

Language

English

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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