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A study of carter's The Snow Child in the light of Showalter's theories
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Abstract Angela Carter was an English fiction writer and journalist. Her female protagonists often take an empowered roles where they rise up against oppression and fight for both sexual and political equality. The actions of these women are direct reflections of the feminist movement that took place in the ... mehr
Angela Carter was an English fiction writer and journalist. Her female protagonists often take an empowered roles where they rise up against oppression and fight for both sexual and political equality. The actions of these women are direct reflections of the feminist movement that took place in the 1970s. The concepts within this movement relating specifically to the ideologies of radical-libertarian feminist, and regarding the extent to which she promotes feminist due to her style, referred to as "Galm-Rock" feminism. Carter began experimenting with writing fairy tales in 1970, which coincided with the period of second wave feminism in the Unites States. The majority of Angela Carter's work revolve around a specific type of feminism, radical libertarian feminism and her critique of the patriarchal role that have been placed on women. In this article, the main concentrate is on heroine's internalized consciousness which echoes in their behavior. All of the female protagonists in carter's short stories; such as The Courtship of Mr. Lyon, The Tiger's Bride, The snow child and mainly in The Bloody chamber have similar characteristics with different conditions, in which they are represented in a very negative light with less than ideal roles. In these stories, the protagonist is a young girl who has many conflicts with love and desire. Carter attempts to encourage women to do something about this degrading representation.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Literatur; Feminismus; Emanzipation; Patriarchat; Liebe; Pornographie
Klassifikation
Kultursoziologie, Kunstsoziologie, Literatursoziologie
Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Freie Schlagwörter
Carter, A.
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2015
Seitenangabe
S. 133-137
Zeitschriftentitel
International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences (2015) 48
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.48.133
ISSN
2300-2697
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)