Lord Byron’s Maid of Saragossa: Reconstructing Heroism
| المصدر: | مجلة دراسات جامعية في الآداب والعلوم الإنسانية |
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| الناشر: | الجامعة اللبنانية - كلية الآداب والعلوم الإنسانية - مركز الأبحاث والدراسات |
| المؤلف الرئيسي: | Karam, Savo (Author) |
| المجلد/العدد: | ع12 |
| محكمة: | نعم |
| الدولة: |
لبنان |
| التاريخ الميلادي: |
2022
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| الشهر: | ديسمبر |
| الصفحات: | 131 - 148 |
| ISSN: |
2707-1863 |
| رقم MD: | 1429098 |
| نوع المحتوى: | بحوث ومقالات |
| اللغة: | الإنجليزية |
| قواعد المعلومات: | HumanIndex |
| مواضيع: | |
| كلمات المؤلف المفتاحية: |
Byron | Female Masculinity | Gender Performance | Maid of Saragossa | shero | "Noble examples excite us to noble deeds" | (Lucius Seneca)
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| رابط المحتوى: |
الناشر لهذه المادة لم يسمح بإتاحتها. |
| المستخلص: |
In regards to gender, Byron has not only highlighted the role of males, but also of females as warriors who can triumph as future political leaders. Though he is not outspoken about the subversion of gender roles, his works clearly reveal that. A close examination of Byron’s poetic corpus reveals that he does not always comply with gender roles but tends to challenge unyielding patriarchy by destabilizing the traditional conventions of femininity. Using the theories of Jack Halberstam’s female masculinity and Judith Butler’s gender performance, this paper argues that, for Byron, heroism is an androgynous act. In effect, he re-examines gender stereotyping by reshaping conventions of nationalism through his depiction of an androgynous/intersexual character of the “unsexed”, self-empowered Maid of Saragossa, who physically and vehemently breaks free from oppressive patriarchal gender codes while asserting her femininity. In this manner, Byron undermines the conventional ideals of masculine militancy by portraying an uncompromising feminine combativeness through an ideal heroine, a feminized icon of unique, inherent civic virtues of retaliation, sacrifice, dedication and courage. He thus reinforces an unconventional social outlook – the empowerment of womanhood. |
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| ISSN: |
2707-1863 |
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