The new prolific and thriving business of female exploitation and abduction in Roxane Gay's an untamed State (2014) and William Faulkner’s sanctuary (1931)

Abstract

This research undertakes a Marxist feminist reading of William Faulkner’s Sanctuary and Roxane Gay’s An Untamed State. In the light of the Marxist feminist literary theory, this comparative study examines the fatal damages caused by the capitalist patriarchy. Therefore, this paper analyzes the main origins and effects of the business of kidnapping and exploiting women and also asserts how migration can be the absolute outcome of the trauma of rape. Moreover, it reveals the impact of Faulkner’s and Gay’s personal beliefs and experiences on the above-cited novels. Most importantly, this work concentrates on how the capitalist patriarchy dehumanizes women and treats them as animals.