Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2016 Re-examining and Redefining the Concepts of Community, Justice, and Masculinity in the Works of René Depestre, Carlos Fuentes, and Ernest Gaines Jacqueline Nicole Zimmer Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the Comparative Literature Commons Recommended Citation Zimmer, Jacqueline Nicole, "Re-examining and Redefining the Concepts of Community, Justice, and Masculinity in the Works of René Depestre, Carlos Fuentes, and Ernest Gaines" (2016). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 4329. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/4329 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please
[email protected]. Re-examining and Redefining the Concepts of Community, Justice, and Masculinity in the Works of René Depestre, Carlos Fuentes, and Ernest Gaines A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Interdepartmental Program in Comparative Literature by Jacqueline N. Zimmer B.S., Michigan State University, 2007 M.A., Louisiana State University, 2014 December 2016 i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I owe an enormous thanks to my advisor, Adelaide Russo, who has been my guiding light, pillar of support, exacting instructress, and tireless cheerleader from my first day of graduate school. I am perpetually in awe of her depths of knowledge and am eternally grateful for her patience, encouragement, and love.