L'Analisi Linguistica e Letteraria

Year 22 No. 1-2 (2014): Issue 1-2/2014
Articles

Fleeing, Flying, Staying, Leaving: The Persistence of Escape in American Literature

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  • Thomas Austenfeld

Published 10/10/2014

Keywords

  • American Literature,
  • Escape,
  • Flight Behavior,
  • Kingsolver Barbara

How to Cite

Austenfeld, T. (2014). Fleeing, Flying, Staying, Leaving: The Persistence of Escape in American Literature. L’Analisi Linguistica E Letteraria, 22(1-2), 69–76. Retrieved from https://www.analisilinguisticaeletteraria.eu/index.php/ojs/article/view/254
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Abstract

The creative potential inherent in the dual meaning of the verbs ‘to flee/to fly’, denoting both escape and movement through air, is illustrated in foundational American narratives of flight – in the forms of escape, abandonment, and thwarted departure – with notable gender variations. Barbara Kingsolver’s 2012 novel Flight Behavior recapitulates this tradition even while extending it to the discourse of global climate change.

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