Metamorphosis and the emergence of the feminine : a motif of "difference" in women's writing

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Metamorphosis and the emergence of the feminine : a motif of "difference" in women's writing

Title remainder

a motif of "difference" in women's writing

Statement of responsibility

Paula Smith Allen

Creator

• Allen, Paula Smith, 1951-

Subject

• Art d'écrire -- Différences entre sexes
• Authorship -- Sex differences
• Canadian literature -- Women authors | History and criticism
• Comparative literature -- American and Latin American
• Comparative literature -- American and South American
• Comparative literature -- Latin American and American
• Comparative literature -- South American and American
• Femininity in literature
• Femmes et littérature -- Amérique
• Féminité dans la littérature
• Gedaanteverwisseling
• Latin American literature -- Women authors | History and criticism
• Letterkunde
• Littérature comparée -- Américaine et latino-américaine
• Littérature comparée -- Latino-américaine et américaine
• Metamorphosis in literature
• Métamorphose dans la littérature
• South American literature -- Women authors | History and criticism
• Vrouwelijke auteurs
• Vrouwelijkheid
• Women and literature -- America
• Écrits de femmes américains -- Histoire et critique
• Écrits de femmes canadiens -- Histoire et critique
• Écrits de femmes latino-américains -- Histoire et critique
• American literature -- Women authors | History and criticism

Language

eng

Summary

"Metamorphosis and the Emergence of the Feminine: A Motif of "Difference" in Women's Writing examines a motif of metamorphosis that follows the models of self-awareness proposed in several feminist theories. Women writers from both North and South America, including those from different ethnic groups in the United States, employ the motif of insect and seed metamorphosis, which shows a development of the motif in stages as women increasingly become aware of the existence of a feminine self that is not acknowledged in language. The use of the motif by these writers, separated by both distance and influence, is an attempt by women writers to reject the "casting" of women's experience in the archetypal images of Persephone and Penelope, as was traditionally assigned to the feminine by Western civilization. Instead, the use of the metamorphosis motif promotes the adoption of the image of Psyche's search as appropriate to reflect the feminine quest for autonomy."--BOOK JACKET

Member of

• Studies on themes and motifs in literature, v. 45

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

810.9/9287

Index

index present

LC call number

PS151

LC item number

.M46 1999

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Studies on themes and motifs in literature,

Series volume

vol. 45