Narrative Analysis

By Genevieve M. Nangit
February 26, 2024

The Child
In Joyce Carol Oates “Blonde”

The novel of Joyce Carol Oates titled “Blonde” is divided into 5 parts:
1. The Child
2. The Girl
3. The Woman
4. “Marilyn”
5. The Afterlife

My narrative analysis will focus on the 1st section. My frameworks which will guide my
narrative analysis were inspired by the work of Michelle Moody-Adams. Her “Self/Others”
which was published in the Companion to Feminist Philosophy provided the reference
statements that will guide me in extracting sentences, and the same references will facilitate the
drafting of the questions that will help me to scrutinize the text and investigate the extracted
sentences. Finally, the reference statements will be used in categorizing sentences into certain
themes.

I will use 3 references sentences by Moody-Adams, two were about the relational theory and one
was about a theory on the nature of self.

Relational theory

Reference statement 1: Familial relation is the relationship that is fundamental to the nature and
identity of the self.

Reference statement 2: Filial relationship is held more fully constitutive of the mature self in
virtue of the voluntariness of the bonds.

Theory on the Nature of Self

Reference statement: Reflection on “the nature of self” has one central question: does the nature
and identity of the self can be separated from the fact about concrete social,
historical, and physical circumstances.
 Narrative Analysis
By Genevieve M. Nangit
February 26, 2024

References
1. “Self/Others” by Michelle M. Moody-Adams in A Companion to Feminist Philosophy edited
by Alison M. Jaggar and Iris Marion Young. 2000. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.: MA, USA.
2. “Blonde” by Joyce Carol Oates. 2000. 4th Estate: London, UK.