Metamorphosis and the Emergence of the Feminine: A Motif of Difference in Women's Writing - Couverture rigide

Allen, Paula Smith

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ISBN 10 : 0820441228 ISBN 13 : 9780820441221

Editeur : Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 2000

Synopsis

Metamorphosis and the Emergence of the Feminine: A Motif of «Difference» in Women's Writing examines a motif of metamorphosis that follows the models of self-awareness proposed in several feminist theories. Women writers from both North and South America, including those from different ethnic groups in the United States, employ the motif of insect and seed metamorphosis, which shows a development of the motif in stages as women increasingly become aware of the existence of a feminine self that is not acknowledged in language. The use of the motif by these writers, separated by both distance and influence, is an attempt by women writers to reject the «casting» of women's experience in the archetypal images of Persephone and Penelope, as was traditionally assigned to the feminine by Western civilization. Instead, the use of the metamorphosis motif promotes the adoption of the image of Psyche's search as appropriate to reflect the feminine quest for autonomy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

The Author: Paula Smith Allen is Assistant Professor of English at Southeastern Oklahoma State University and specializes in Twentieth-Century Literature in the Americas. She received her doctorate in Comparative Literature from Texas Tech University. Her articles have been published in Confluencia: revista hispánica de cultura y literatura and Revista de estudios hispánicos.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0820441228
• ISBN 13: 9780820441221
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 190
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• Personne responsable: non disponible