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- 1. Djuna Barnes: melancholic modernism by: Deborah Parsons BBL 5106: MODERNISM AND BEYOND By: Amalia Qistina Abdullah GS25731
- 2. Deborah Parsons Senior lecturer at Birmingham University BA in English Lit. and Philosophy MA in Lit. and Visual Arts Phd. in Birkbeck College University Thesis: Women writers and the city in late 19th and early 20th century Author of Streetwalking in the Metropolis: Women, the City and Modernity
- 3. Djuna Barnes Born in Cornwall-on-Hudson Henry Budington “Wald” Barnes – free spirited father - unsuccessful painter Elizabeth Chappel Barnes – violinist mother Zadel – suffragist grandmother Fanny Faulkner – Wald’s mistress Thelma Wood Suffered psychosexual abuse – victim of incest Married at age 18 to Perce Faulkner (52) Djuna Barnes
- 4. Worked as a journalist Married Courtenay Lemon (editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle) Alcoholic Affair with Thelma Wood Married to Charles Henri Ford Had an abortion Lived in seclusion till her death on June 18(?) 1982 Self-professed melancholic The unknown legend of American literature
- 5. WORKS: The Book of Repulsive Women (1915) A Book (1923) Ladies Almanac (1928)- erotic pastiche of lesbian life Ryder (1928)- autobiographical; denounces patriarchal authority Nightwood (1931) – doomed homosexual & heterosexual love Antiphone (1958) – incestuous family where Miranda was killed by her own mother
- 6. WHAT IS MELANCHOLIC MODERNISM? Depressive modern/contemporary work of art Decadence that scorns contemporary society Talks about the artificial, morbid, grotesque and inevitably followed by dissatisfaction and ennui.
- 7. NIGHTWOOD by: Djuna Barnes It is a modernist text Very much adored by T.S. Eliot “To say that Nightwood will appeal primarily to readers of poetry does not mean that it is not a novel, but that it is so good a novel that only sensibilities trained on poetry can wholly appreciate it.” T.S. Eliot Milestone on gay literature
- 8. Parallelism between Djuna’s life and Nightwood Elizabeth + Wald + Fanny Robin + Felix Guido Djuna Perce Dr. Mathew O’Connors Courtenay Thelma Charles Nora Jenny Both being unorthodox Deals with human suffering, both gay or straight break themselves into pieces Choose the wrong lover and crucify themselves on their own longings Are crucified by the world that fears the stranger whether in life or in love
- 9. Quotations: “Life is painful, nasty and short…in my case, it has only been painful and nasty.” (interviewed by Thomas Hobbes) “having life is the greatest horror, I cannot think of it as a merry, gay and joyous thing, just to be alive.” (letter to her mother) “ I am not lesbian, I only love Thelma” (ask about her relationship with Thelma Wood)
- 10. Work Cited: • Parsons, Deborah. “Djuna Barnes: melancholic modernism.” Ed. Morag Shiach. The Modernist Novel. Cambridge: Cambridge University P, 2007. 165-177. Print. • T.S. Eliot, Letter to Geoffrey Faber, quoted in Phillip Herring, Djuna: The Life and Works of Djuna Barnes. New York: Viking, 1995. p. 231. • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightwood#Plot_summary.
- 11. THE END Thank you for your time