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“REASON HELD PASSION BY THE THROAT”
“REASON HELD PASSION BY THE THROAT”

Author(s): Barbara Nelson
Subject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: female madness; female identity; film; 19c literature

Summary/Abstract: My paper will compare Charlotte Bronte’s treatment of female identity in Jane Eyre – a work often credited with being the first to externalize the female schizophrenic split so pervasive in the Victorian era – with Darren Aronofsky’s portrayal of the identity drawn in the Black Swan. The latter, while a contemporary work, is grounded in Tchaikovsky’s nineteenth-century ballet. The film proposes a rewriting of the ballet’s underlying story which turns upon the interaction of a white swan and a black one. In a new visceral version, Aronofsky brings the two roles together in a young dancer who searches to reach artistic perfection.

  • Issue Year: 4/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 883-888
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English
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