Ian McEwan's literary approach to feminism: an applied analysis
Ian McEwan's literary approach to feminism: an applied analysis
Author(s): Alexandru AgacheSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov
Keywords: feminism; ideology; novel; Ian McEwan
Summary/Abstract: In this paper I have tried to explain how Ian McEwan's public and supportive feminist discourse is transplanted into the intricate configurations of his novels. The subsequent but interesting transformations that such a relocation implies consist, in my view, in the challenging of feminism as an ideology but not in the critique of the women's rights to obtain a legitimate equality of chances. Far from representing an artistic unavoidable reversal or a more substantial retraction, the distancing from a dogmatic dimension through the epic facilitates a beneficial encounter between feminism and a version of reality not so amenable to its requests and ideals.
Journal: Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov, Series IV: Philology & Cultural Studies
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 43-52
- Page Count: 10