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I Am not Homer’s Helen: Myths Retold in Amanda Elyot’s The Memoirs of Helen of Troy

Cilt: 29 Sayı: 113 1 Şubat 2023
  • Salim Kerboua *
  • Lamia Mechgoug *
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I Am not Homer’s Helen: Myths Retold in Amanda Elyot’s The Memoirs of Helen of Troy

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The present article examines the representation of female characters in classical Greek myths and the rewriting of the latter from a feminist and feminine perspective. In Homer’s Iliad, female characters are either reduced to an object, blamed for being the cause of a devastating war, or not given freedom over their life and destiny. From a feminist mythanalytical perspective, Homer’s Iliad participates in the subjugation of women in classical literature. In this androcentric epic, female characters are depicted as passive and submissive creatures. However, some contemporary women writers have sought to deconstruct myth narratives that give power and voice to men at the expense of women. With her novel The Memoirs of Helen of Troy (2005), Amanda Elyot retells Homer’s epic from a female character perspective. Accordingly, the article examines how the character of Helen disavows the classical tale about her and other women. Elyot’s female character provides her own version of the famous epic and its tragic story. Based on the works of feminist literary and social critics, the article argues that Elyot’s Helen is thus no longer Homer’s Helen. On the contrary, she is a new empowered character who evolves in a fictional narrative that gives voice and agency to subjugated women within a text that was initially male-centred.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Türk Halk Bilimi, Sanat ve Edebiyat

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

Yayımlanma Tarihi

1 Şubat 2023

Gönderilme Tarihi

13 Haziran 2022

Kabul Tarihi

16 Aralık 2022

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2023 Cilt: 29 Sayı: 113

Kaynak Göster

APA
Kerboua, S., & Mechgoug, L. (2023). I Am not Homer’s Helen: Myths Retold in Amanda Elyot’s The Memoirs of Helen of Troy. Folklor/Edebiyat, 29(113), 237-252. https://doi.org/10.22559/folklor.2338
AMA
1.Kerboua S, Mechgoug L. I Am not Homer’s Helen: Myths Retold in Amanda Elyot’s The Memoirs of Helen of Troy. folk/ed. 2023;29(113):237-252. doi:10.22559/folklor.2338
Chicago
Kerboua, Salim, ve Lamia Mechgoug. 2023. “I Am not Homer’s Helen: Myths Retold in Amanda Elyot’s The Memoirs of Helen of Troy”. Folklor/Edebiyat 29 (113): 237-52. https://doi.org/10.22559/folklor.2338.
EndNote
Kerboua S, Mechgoug L (01 Şubat 2023) I Am not Homer’s Helen: Myths Retold in Amanda Elyot’s The Memoirs of Helen of Troy. Folklor/Edebiyat 29 113 237–252.
IEEE
[1]S. Kerboua ve L. Mechgoug, “I Am not Homer’s Helen: Myths Retold in Amanda Elyot’s The Memoirs of Helen of Troy”, folk/ed, c. 29, sy 113, ss. 237–252, Şub. 2023, doi: 10.22559/folklor.2338.
ISNAD
Kerboua, Salim - Mechgoug, Lamia. “I Am not Homer’s Helen: Myths Retold in Amanda Elyot’s The Memoirs of Helen of Troy”. Folklor/Edebiyat 29/113 (01 Şubat 2023): 237-252. https://doi.org/10.22559/folklor.2338.
JAMA
1.Kerboua S, Mechgoug L. I Am not Homer’s Helen: Myths Retold in Amanda Elyot’s The Memoirs of Helen of Troy. folk/ed. 2023;29:237–252.
MLA
Kerboua, Salim, ve Lamia Mechgoug. “I Am not Homer’s Helen: Myths Retold in Amanda Elyot’s The Memoirs of Helen of Troy”. Folklor/Edebiyat, c. 29, sy 113, Şubat 2023, ss. 237-52, doi:10.22559/folklor.2338.
Vancouver
1.Salim Kerboua, Lamia Mechgoug. I Am not Homer’s Helen: Myths Retold in Amanda Elyot’s The Memoirs of Helen of Troy. folk/ed. 01 Şubat 2023;29(113):237-52. doi:10.22559/folklor.2338

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