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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

rebirth, individuation, illumination, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, D. H. Lawrence, The Horse Dealer’s Daughter

College

Humanities

Department

English

Abstract

For my project, I analyzed Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, and D. H. Lawrence’s short story, The Horse Dealer’s Daughter, using the Mythic/Archetypal approach. First I identified the archetypes of water, light and mud in both works and intended to compare the way each author used them. As I proceeded with my research, however, I could not find any literary criticism that compared Hurston’s novel with Lawrence’s short story nor any criticism that focused on my topic in either of the works alone. I had stepped off an edge. The primary sources thus became rare, newly discovered manuscripts. Some secondary sources, though showing only a marginal relationship to my topic, still proved helpful. Because I had to search for connections, I held onto concepts that seemed to have little potential and squeezed out what was there. Sometimes I found juice and danced and bathed and laughed in it.

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