Angela Carter’s critique of phallocentrism in <em>The bloody chamber and other stories</em>

  • Thomas Bonnici Editor - UEM
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihumansoc.v20i0.4214

Abstract

An analysis of three rewritten fairy-tales from Angela Carter’s The bloody chamber and other stories is provided. In ‘The Courtship of Mr Lyon’, ‘The Tiger’s bride’ and ‘Puss-in-Boots’ patriarchal structures are exposed and denounced as containing strategies to kerb female sensuality and freedom. The beast, a synonym of sensuality, is relativized and de-constructed through the reciprocal gaze and equal relationship. The fearless approach of the female towards it and her dominion over it empower her to a new world order without phallocentrism.

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Author Biography

Thomas Bonnici, Editor - UEM
Possui graduação em Letras Anglo-Portuguesas pela Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Jandaia do Sul (1984), graduação em Filosofia - Faculdades Associadas do Ipiranga (1983), graduação em Inglês e Literaturas em Língua Inglesa, Literatura Italiana e Latina - Royal University of Malta (1964), graduação em Filosofia - Royal University of Malta (1962); doutorado em Teoria da Literatura pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1988). Atualmente é professor associado da Universidade Estadual de Maringá; com publicações em Acta Scientiarum (UEM), Teoria e Prática da Educação (UEM), Diálogos (UEM), Gragoatá (UFF), Revista de Letras (UNESP), Revista Letras (UFPR), Mimesis (USC, Bauru). Tem experiência na área de Letras, com ênfase em Literaturas Estrangeiras Modernas, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Pós-colonialismo, pós-modernismo, feminismo, Teoria Literária. Currículo Lattes
Published
2008-07-04
How to Cite
Bonnici, T. (2008). Angela Carter’s critique of phallocentrism in <em>The bloody chamber and other stories</em&gt;. Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences, 20, 9-15. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihumansoc.v20i0.4214
Issue
Vol 20 (1998)
Section
Literature and Linguistics

 

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