Author : Barbara H. Sheldon
Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
ISBN 13 : 9783631318119
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (181 download)
Book Synopsis Daughters and Fathers in Feminist Novels by : Barbara H. Sheldon
Download or read book Daughters and Fathers in Feminist Novels written by Barbara H. Sheldon and published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the father and the daughter in literature has often left the daughter with few options: a life with the father, marriage according to his wishes, death or ostracism as punishments for socially unacceptable behavior. Examples of this "master plot of the father-daughter story" are traced in the Bible, mythical stories, fairy tales, Freudian theories, and in King Lear. In the feminist novels under discussion, daughter-narrators break the taboos surrounding their fathers. They consciously foreground the culturally protected master plot and transcend it with alternate endings.