A FEMINIST CRITIQUE: “ANGELA CARTER’S VIEWS OF FEMINIST CRITICISM OF MYTHS”
Bir Feminist Eleştirisi: “Angela Carter'ın Mitlerin Feminist Eleştirisi Üzerine Görüşleri”

Author : Çelik EKMEKÇİ
Number of pages : 281-287

Abstract

Feminist criticism of myths and its starting point is crucial for the development of the depiction of female empowerment. Women show the necessity of creating myths because they are aware of the fact that those myths are the products of men. In this respect, Angela Carter follows the traces of French feminists and critics for they know that patriarchy impacts myths, and they strongly reject androcentric myths. Also, these feminists strongly advise women to re-write male-dominated myths in which women are shown inferior or depicted as monstrous and evil by men. On this regard, this study aims to overview Feminist Criticism of Myths in terms of ideological and theoretical bases and bring a close look to the Carterian views of Feminist Criticism of Myths.

Keywords

Feminist Criticism of Myths, Women Writings, Feminist Mythmaking, Angela Carter.

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