Writing Beyond the Edges: Appropriation, Rewriting and Blurring of Genres in Angela Carter’s Nights at the Circus and Wise Children - Softcover

Jarbeson Da Silva Trajano, Fabio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 384732103X ISBN 13: 9783847321033

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

The aim of this book is to investigate and analyse the transgression and blurring of genre boundaries and its connection with the emancipation of the female subject on the level of the narrative in Angela Carter’s last two novels, Nights at the Circus and Wise Children, in the light of parodic intertextuality theory. The sort of oppression the narrators/protagonists Fevvers and Dora Chance as well as the other female characters undergo in both novels turn out to be intrinsically related to the ideological and formal constraints traditionally imposed on genres by patriarchy. These are precisely the norms and regulations Angela Carter sets out to unveil, question and undermine so as to pave the way for new alternatives as well as different future possibilities for men and women alike. The main contribution of this book lies in its attempt to relate genre, gender and social change in order to nourish further research on the political power underlying postmodern female rewriting or ‘reinvention’ and blurring of genres.

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About the Author

Master in Literatures in the English Language from Rio de Janeiro State University/UERJ.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 384732103X
• ISBN 13: 9783847321033
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 176