FEMINIST REWRITIND. THE PENELOPIAD OF MARGARET ATWOOD
FEMINIST REWRITIND. THE PENELOPIAD OF MARGARET ATWOOD
Author(s): Maximiliana Ștefan (Miheț)Subject(s): Gender Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: feminism; feminist; woman; society; myth; reinterpretation;
Summary/Abstract: Based on the transtextual relationships apparent in the very title of Margaret Atwood's work The Penelopiad, this article examines the, intertextual characteristics of those relationships with The Odyssey. The main focus of the article is to demonstrate how Atwood's conflict with the heroic codes and the patriarchal nature of the Homeric text makes her recreate the stories of Penelope and of her twelve hanged maids under Odysseus' orders, based on epic as well as on mythic material. By giving voice to Penelope as an autodiegetic narrator, and to the chorus of maids who comment on the queen's narrative, whose voices are in keeping with our contemporaneity, Atwood redirects the reader's horizon of expectations towards a new textual, generic and critical perspective.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 18
- Page Range: 1082-1086
- Page Count: 5
- Language: Romanian