The Southern Literary Journal, September 22nd, 1998
Southern women writers, appear to be emphasizing the family unit in their writings. The theme of family and the influence of the female on the family is explored through the novels of Anne Tyler. Specifically, the blending of gender roles in the family is examined in Tyler's 1991 novel, Saint Maybe.
In a 1982 lecture at Waterloo University on "Writing the Male Character," Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood suggested to male and female writers alike: "Maybe it's time to do away with judgement by role-model and bring back The Human Condition, this time acknowledging that there may in fact be mor...
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