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Gender, pedagogy, and werewolves: Duality in reading and teaching Quinn Loftis's Prince of Wolves

dc.contributor.advisor Chansky, Ricia A.
dc.contributor.author González-Díaz, Keyla
dc.contributor.college College of Arts and Sciences - Art en_US
dc.contributor.committee Lamore, Eric D.
dc.contributor.committee Romaguera, Gabriel
dc.contributor.department Department of English en_US
dc.contributor.representative Acosta-Lugo, Maribel
dc.date.accessioned 2020-06-18T15:48:12Z
dc.date.available 2020-06-18T15:48:12Z
dc.date.issued 2020-05-20
dc.description.abstract For generations werewolves have been a symbol of an uncontrollable male desire, however, Quinn Loftis has changed the civilized-savage binary in her novel, Prince of Wolves, to suggest that in the wake of multiple rape cases born of toxic masculinity, this binary is false and young men should be in control of themselves. The analysis is conducted through the theoretical lens of Hélène Cixous’s theory of binary oppositions, Judith Butler’s ideas on gender construction as performance, and Bryant W. Sculos definition on toxic masculinity. I also discuss the pedagogical implications of teaching young adult literatures exploring gender constructions and toxic masculinity in first-year, general education courses in the Department of English at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus (UPRM). en_US
dc.description.abstract Durante generaciones, los hombres lobo han sido un símbolo del deseo masculino incontrolable, sin embargo, Quinn Loftis ha cambiado el binario del salvaje-civilizado en su novela, Prince of Wolves. Se sugiere que a raíz de múltiples casos de violación producto de una masculinidad tóxica, este binario es falso y los hombres jóvenes deben tener el control de sí mismos. El análisis se realiza a través de la teoría de las oposiciones binarias de Hélène Cixous, las ideas de Judith Butler sobre la construcción de género como “perfomance” y la definición de Bryant W. Sculos sobre la masculinidad tóxica. También discuto las implicaciones pedagógicas de enseñar literatura para adultos jóvenes que exploran las construcciones de género y la masculinidad tóxica en los cursos de educación general de primer año en el Departamento de Inglés de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez (UPRM). en_US
dc.description.graduationSemester Spring en_US
dc.description.graduationYear 2020 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11801/2630
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.rights CC0 1.0 Universal *
dc.rights.holder (c) 2020 Keyla González Díaz en_US
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ *
dc.subject Teaching en_US
dc.subject Binary principle (Linguistics) en_US
dc.subject Werewolves in literature en_US
dc.subject Young adult literature en_US
dc.subject Violence in men en_US
dc.subject Gender identity in literature en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Werevolves in literature en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Binary principles (Linguistics) en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Masculinity in literature en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Gender identity in literature en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Loftis, Quinn -- Prince of wolves en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Loftis, Quinn -- Criticism and interpretation en_US
dc.title Gender, pedagogy, and werewolves: Duality in reading and teaching Quinn Loftis's Prince of Wolves en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
dspace.entity.type Publication
thesis.degree.discipline English Education en_US
thesis.degree.level M.A. en_US
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