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Reading the Iraqi War Narrative Sand Queen from the Perspective of Ethical Literary Criticism
WANG Ting-ting, LIU Xiao
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2022.02.001
National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China
An US woman soldier and an Iraqi medical student were given a voice to their feelings in Helen Benedict’s Iraqi war Narrative Sand Queen. It was the first time war stories had been told by two women from different nations. Character-narrator Kate Brady, a female American soldier, tells the story about how she tried to be an independent woman respected in American society by the way of being a female soldier, but failed in the end. The thesis focuses on Kate’s narration and analyzes her ethical choices from the perspective of Ethical Literary Criticism. By probing into the ethical situation Kate faces, and exploring the ethical conflicts among rational will and natural will on Kate, this thesis attempts to reveal what led to Kate’s ethical choices and caused her ethical confusion, and more importantly, what made her dreams shatter.
Sand Queen, ethical literary criticism, ethical choice, ethical situation
Journal of Literature and Art Studies, February 2022, Vol. 12, No. 2, 127-131
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