Lillian Eileen Doherty is Associate Professor of Classics, University of Maryland, College Park. Praise / Awards "Applying an elegant blend of narratological and audience-oriented analytic strategies, Doherty argues that, for the late twentieth-century woman reader (as well as the male reader of lower-class status), the Odyssey must be considered a problematic text. In contrast to the bulk of Greco-Roman literature, it assumes the presence of females in its implied audience and offers them positive subject positions with which to identify--those of privileged, intelligent women like Penelope and Arete. Yet, by restricting the narratological operations of such 'good' women to the secondary function of
Aggressiveness, tyranny, the insane love of power made manifest, they reply. Destroy that and you will be free.” In this quotation, she is trying to interpret the emotions of other people during that time. The use of pathos in her writing really helped the readers to established a connection between her and the reader's emotion through this essay. Rhetorical questions played a huge role in her piece. Woolf included a lot of rhetorical
Atwood discusses the several genres of fiction that are available in this time and explains how this is not only a time of gender crossover but of genre crossover. By using the comparison she shows how literature has evolved as well as gender relations. In conclusion Margaret Atwood’s speech “spotty handed villainess” is a speech that explores the flaws in extreme feminism, challenges the patriarchal order and examines the intentions of literature and fiction. The speech still has relevance today as it examines gender roles and expectations in modern day
Lastly the actual phrases represent a feminist perspective, all phrases are extracts from some of the most renowned feminists to date, these include Harwood has written the poem under the pseudonym of Walter Lehman This suggests that Harwood had a considerable political temperament as well as an ability to poke fun or mock the social constraints of her time. Her point was about editors' prejudice against women poets, thus emphasizing her intelligence at the time, and the frustrations she must have felt within her context. In “Triste, Triste”, Harwood explores the tensions between the creative spirit and the limitations of the temporal. The concept of the artists’ imagination as a separate entity, able to transcend the
After this shock, Mrs. Mallard died (DiYanni, 2007). The point I believe the author was trying to put across is that women can be so troubled or mistreated that unfortunate events to their spouse or significant other can bring about relief. Many authors try to be relevant in their writing so that the readers can relate to or understand what the author is trying to relay in their stories. These examples show how relevant most authors are in their writing and how they reflect communities that they come from or communities that they know about.
457-479 Print. 14 October 2013 Kilbourne, Jean. “I suppose this could be a woman awaiting her lover, but it could easily be a girl being preyed upon.” INQUIRY to Academic Writing Second Edition. Pg. 458 Print.
Question before the Procession Shirley Jackson’s use of literary techniques in The Lottery is a true work of genius. She strategically uses irony in many places such as the story’s title, the setting an even in certain character’s personality traits. Another important literary technique used by Jackson is symbolism. The black box and the story’s title seem to create a range of associations outside themselves such as the importance of questioning irrational traditions and the unexpected nature of death. With the use of these two literary techniques, (irony and Symbolism) Shirley Jackson is able to emphasize important dramatic events within the plot.
However, the piece is so much more than a simple horror story; it is a deceptively hidden but powerful essay on female equality and marriage, two topics about which Gilman wrote frequently. Through the
Arthur Miller does not sympathize with his female characters and shows this through the personality and actions given to Abigail Williams. Nathaniel Hawthorne, on the other hand, sympathizes with women, which he shows through his character of Hester Prynne. Literature is a chance for authors to make their opinions on certain topics evident to their reader through their use of language. This concept is also present in everyday life, where individuals must rationalize and debate in order to make their opinions
For example, when women disagree during a conversation, they may say “‘You may be right, but could it also be that…?’” or “‘Oh, I’m sure you’re right, but I saw it a bit differently’”6. Thus, the style of women’s communication is more sharing and collaborative in nature. In conversations, women have a selfless attitude in that every person should get time to talk about their ideas and feelings7. Their style can be described as the time-share approach to communication. These communication characteristics of women are encapsulated in Deborah