CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2011
| Author | Aleksandrowicz, Marta Ewa |
|---|---|
| Title | READING WOMEN'S LITERATURE THROUGH BAKHTINIAN LENSES: CARNIVAL IN THE PASSION (1987) BY JEANETTE WINTERSON AND THE BLOODY CHAMBER (1979) BY ANGELA CARTER |
| Summary | Primary goal of the following dissertation will be to attempt to demonstrate how Mikhail Bakhtin’s theories of carnival and dialogism, as powerful ways of subverting existing hierarchies and questioning the prevailing oppressive order, can be applied as a useful analytical framework for women’s literature. The discussion will be focused on the investigation of works of two prominent British novelists, i.e., Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber (1979) as well as Jeanette Winterson’s The Passion (1987). The subject may be worth examining as concepts of carnival and dialogism put emphasis on enabling dialogue and plurality of voices, thus being ofern considered a tool of liberation and subversion for the variety of subordinate figures. Thus they have been often appropriated and critically discussed by feminist critics. I believe, it may be useful to explore how those two concepts can be found releveant for the study of women’s fiction, taking as an example two feminist magical realist texts. |
| Supervisor | Lukic, Jasmina |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2011/aleksandrowicz_marta.pdf |
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