A Feminist Stylistics Analysis of “The Laugh of the Medusa,” by Héléne Cixous
Öz
This present study adapts feminist stylistics framework to examine and analyse the gender
representations and language of the laugh of the Medusa a speech written by Héléne Cixous. The paper,
using a content analysis method, will mainly focus on issues related to gender representations and the
language to interpret and uncover the implied and underlying meanings of the text. Héléne Cixous in
her speech brings samples from the ancient Greek mythology of Medusa to give advices to her young
female audience to write for themselves. She highlights the challenges and struggles that females have
been repressed themselves through the patriarchal society. She encourages young girls to express
themselves, their strengths and strong points in bravely through writing and boys to understand the
feminine world. The study will scrutinize the speech to reveal the foregrounded features related to
gender.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Kaynakça
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Türk Halk Bilimi
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Fatma Batular
Bu kişi benim
Yayımlanma Tarihi
20 Eylül 2019
Gönderilme Tarihi
10 Ekim 2018
Kabul Tarihi
10 Mart 2019
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2019 Cilt: 25 Sayı: 97