The construction of the feminine in the novel The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter

Author(s)

Carla Daniel Sardinha Caldeira

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: Assis. 2021-04-06.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências e Letras. Assis
• Defense date: 2021-02-05
• Advisor: Cleide Antonia Rapucci

Abstract

The present work analyzes the novel The Passion of New Eve by the English author Angela Carter, considering the way the female characters were constructed. Special attention was paid on the way these characters‟ construction is made in order to challenge what is popularly said about gender – more specifically, feminine gender. The novel deconstructs several myths about femininity and the definition of what a woman is. Therefore, this work seeks to show this deconstruction, also highlighting how the novel dialogues with gender discussions made nowadays. In short, this master research‟s objective is to analyze the characters with the intention of showing how they subvert the myths which involve gender and their artificiality as well as their irrationality and, since they are not born with individuals, they can be changed. Hence, it is emphasized the subversive aspect of the carterian writing. To do so, this research relies on theoretical works as Beauvoir (1967), Butler (2017) and Foucault (1999), for example, as well as works that demonstrate the relation between literature and gender, as Corpos que (se) Importam: Refletindo questões de gênero na literatura e em outros saberes (2018); added to critical material about the novel. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 18/21846-9 - The construction of the feminine in the novel the passion of new eve by Angela Carter
• Grantee: Carla Daniel Sardinha Caldeira
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master