Women Torn Between Thwarted Oppression and Aggressive Self-Expression in the Writings of Atwood, Carter, Byatt and Winterson

Gillian M.e Alban

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Women Torn Between Thwarted Oppression and Aggressive Self-Expression in the Writings of Atwood, Carter, Byatt and Winterson

Abstract

This writing evaluates the position of contemporary women through their fiction, assessing how much their position has improved from the times when women were relegated to being a passive angel in the house, or condemned to asserting themselves in aggressive monstrosity. The writings of four contemporary women writers, Margaret Atwood, Angela Carter, A.S. Byatt and Jeanette Winterson, suggest that however much improved the position of women in both their social lives and their careers, women are still frequently confined to a diminished personal and social status as a result of men’s vulnerability and desire for female support, even as they patriarchally assert themselves over them. Women struggle to escape victim status through ruthless methods, while some women manage to achieve fulfilment even despite their oppressions

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Women Torn Between Thwarted Oppression and Aggressive Self-Expression in the Writings of Atwood, Carter, Byatt and Winterson

Abstract

Bu makale çağdaş kadınların durumunu ürettikleri edebiyat eserleri yoluyla değerlendirmekte ve kadının ya evin edilgen meleği olduğu ya da saldırgan bir canavar olarak suçlandığı zamanlardan bugüne durumunun ne yönde geliştiğini incelemektedir. Dört çağdaş kadın yazar, Margaret Atwood, Angela Carter, A.S. Byatt ve Jeanette Winterson’un eserleri göstermektedir ki kadınların durumu her ne kadar yaşam ve kariyer açısından olumlu yönde gelişmişse de, erkeklerin ataerkil güçlerini ortaya koymadaki kırılganlıkları ve bu konuda karşı cinsten görmeyi arzuladıkları destek nedeniyle kadınlar hala erkeklerden daha düşük bir kişisel ve sosyal statüye mahkûmdurlar. Bazı kadınlar merhametsizce bile olsa bu kurban statüsünden kaçmak için mücadele vermekte, bazıları ise tüm baskılara rağmen kendilerini gerçekleştirebilmektedir

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English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Gillian M.e Alban This is me

Publication Date

June 1, 2016

Submission Date

June 1, 2016

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Year 2016 Volume: 2 Number: 3

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https://izlik.org/JA44MM63RA

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APA

Alban, G. M. (2016). Women Torn Between Thwarted Oppression and Aggressive Self-Expression in the Writings of Atwood, Carter, Byatt and Winterson. International Journal of Media Culture and Literature, 2(3), 103-116. https://izlik.org/JA44MM63RA

AMA

1.Alban GM. Women Torn Between Thwarted Oppression and Aggressive Self-Expression in the Writings of Atwood, Carter, Byatt and Winterson. IJMCL. 2016;2(3):103-116. https://izlik.org/JA44MM63RA

Chicago

Alban, Gillian M.e. 2016. “Women Torn Between Thwarted Oppression and Aggressive Self-Expression in the Writings of Atwood, Carter, Byatt and Winterson”. International Journal of Media Culture and Literature 2 (3): 103-16. https://izlik.org/JA44MM63RA.

EndNote

Alban GM (June 1, 2016) Women Torn Between Thwarted Oppression and Aggressive Self-Expression in the Writings of Atwood, Carter, Byatt and Winterson. International Journal of Media Culture and Literature 2 3 103–116.

IEEE

[1]G. M. Alban, “Women Torn Between Thwarted Oppression and Aggressive Self-Expression in the Writings of Atwood, Carter, Byatt and Winterson”, IJMCL, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 103–116, June 2016, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA44MM63RA

ISNAD

Alban, Gillian M.e. “Women Torn Between Thwarted Oppression and Aggressive Self-Expression in the Writings of Atwood, Carter, Byatt and Winterson”. International Journal of Media Culture and Literature 2/3 (June 1, 2016): 103-116. https://izlik.org/JA44MM63RA.

JAMA

1.Alban GM. Women Torn Between Thwarted Oppression and Aggressive Self-Expression in the Writings of Atwood, Carter, Byatt and Winterson. IJMCL. 2016;2:103–116.

MLA

Alban, Gillian M.e. “Women Torn Between Thwarted Oppression and Aggressive Self-Expression in the Writings of Atwood, Carter, Byatt and Winterson”. International Journal of Media Culture and Literature, vol. 2, no. 3, June 2016, pp. 103-16, https://izlik.org/JA44MM63RA.

Vancouver

1.Gillian M.e Alban. Women Torn Between Thwarted Oppression and Aggressive Self-Expression in the Writings of Atwood, Carter, Byatt and Winterson. IJMCL [Internet]. 2016 Jun. 1;2(3):103-16. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA44MM63RA