Research Article

Angela Carter’ın The Bloody Chamber Adlı Anlatısı: Feminist Deyişbilimsel Bir Yaklaşım

Volume: 26 Number: 2 July 30, 2016
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ANGELA CARTER’S THE BLOODY CHAMBER: A FEMINIST STYLISTIC APPROACH

Abstract

Stylistics, the study of a writer’s style, has incorporated various approaches, especially in the last few decades. Therefore, feminist stylistics based on the theories of feminist criticism appears as a significant approach defining “woman” and her place not only in society, but also in language. By examining male domination in society and literary works, feminist stylistics tries to present a counter-image of women both in language and social construction. The tendency of current feminist stylistics mostly focuses on the idea that there is a significant “women’s writing and style” that differs from men’s. These linguistic and thematic differences that are called “genderlect” or “gendered sentence” in women’s writing are the main interest of feminist stylistics. This study will depict the “genderlect” and “gendered” style in Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber.

Carter’s The Bloody Chamber, a collection of re-written traditional fairy tales, “extracts the latent content from the traditional stories” in Carter’s words. Ten stories in the collection handle the topics of marriage, sexuality, gender roles, and female liberty with a subverting point of view. In this article, three stories narrated by female first-person narrators in this collection will be analyzed in terms of lexico-semantic items in the narration, and Carter’s style as an example of écriture féminine will be examined with regard to feminist stylistics. 

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

July 30, 2016

Submission Date

February 4, 2016

Acceptance Date

June 26, 2016

Published in Issue

Year 2016 Volume: 26 Number: 2

APA
Arıkan, S. (2016). Angela Carter’ın The Bloody Chamber Adlı Anlatısı: Feminist Deyişbilimsel Bir Yaklaşım. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences, 26(2), 117-130. https://doi.org/10.18069/firatsbed.346908
AMA
1.Arıkan S. Angela Carter’ın The Bloody Chamber Adlı Anlatısı: Feminist Deyişbilimsel Bir Yaklaşım. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences. 2016;26(2):117-130. doi:10.18069/firatsbed.346908
Chicago
Arıkan, Seda. 2016. “Angela Carter’ın The Bloody Chamber Adlı Anlatısı: Feminist Deyişbilimsel Bir Yaklaşım”. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences 26 (2): 117-30. https://doi.org/10.18069/firatsbed.346908.
EndNote
Arıkan S (July 1, 2016) Angela Carter’ın The Bloody Chamber Adlı Anlatısı: Feminist Deyişbilimsel Bir Yaklaşım. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences 26 2 117–130.
IEEE
[1]S. Arıkan, “Angela Carter’ın The Bloody Chamber Adlı Anlatısı: Feminist Deyişbilimsel Bir Yaklaşım”, Firat University Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 117–130, July 2016, doi: 10.18069/firatsbed.346908.
ISNAD
Arıkan, Seda. “Angela Carter’ın The Bloody Chamber Adlı Anlatısı: Feminist Deyişbilimsel Bir Yaklaşım”. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences 26/2 (July 1, 2016): 117-130. https://doi.org/10.18069/firatsbed.346908.
JAMA
1.Arıkan S. Angela Carter’ın The Bloody Chamber Adlı Anlatısı: Feminist Deyişbilimsel Bir Yaklaşım. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences. 2016;26:117–130.
MLA
Arıkan, Seda. “Angela Carter’ın The Bloody Chamber Adlı Anlatısı: Feminist Deyişbilimsel Bir Yaklaşım”. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 26, no. 2, July 2016, pp. 117-30, doi:10.18069/firatsbed.346908.
Vancouver
1.Seda Arıkan. Angela Carter’ın The Bloody Chamber Adlı Anlatısı: Feminist Deyişbilimsel Bir Yaklaşım. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences. 2016 Jul. 1;26(2):117-30. doi:10.18069/firatsbed.346908

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