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Article: Revising scripts of femininity in Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin/Margaret Atwood'un The Blind Assassin Adli Romaninda Kadinlik Normlarinin Yeniden Yazimi.
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- September 22, 2007
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Abstract: In this article, I argue that Margaret Atwood critically revises myths and narrative plots so as to reveal and deconstruct their formative and marginalizing effect on women. Her novel, The Blind Assassin, depicts how literary texts can be used ideologically to dictate norms for proper femininity and what strategies women can employ to resist them. In her attempt to investigate and challenge the patriarchal traditions surrounding gender, Atwood is involved in a critical revision of canonical images pervasive in myths and fairy tales and of narrative conventions such as the romance and the quest plot. These traditional conventions are targets of critical reflection ...