A COMMEMORATION OF WOUNDS ENDURED: WRITING AS RESISTANCE IN MARGARET ATWOOD’S THE BLIND ASSASSIN

Marija  Gagić

doi:10.21618/fil2532505g

Autori

Marija Gagić

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21618/fil2532505g

Ključne reči:

Margaret Atvud, Slepi ubica, fiktivna autobiografija, „žensko pismo“, narativ lične traume, samožrtvovanje

Apstrakt

Slepi ubica Margaret Atvud prikazuje represivne patrijarhalne prakse kao što je insistiranje na kultu viktorijanske ženstvenosti i figuri žrtvenog anđela nametnute ženama u Kanadi 1930-ih i 1940-ih godina. Fokusirajući se na protagonistkinju, Iris Čejs Grifen, rad će istražiti načine na koje se ženski glasovi utišavaju unutar patrijarhalnih struktura, pronalazeći otpor u činu pisanja. Slepi ubica koristi žanr fiktivne autobiografije kako bi izazvao dominantne muške perspektive, dok Iris ponovo ispisuje sopstvenu istoriju, ostvarujući potencijal za žensko delovanje i samoizražavanje.

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