Reading Margaret Atwood’s the Penelopiad as a Parody to Homer’s the Odyssey
| المصدر: | مجلة أنسنة للبحوث والدراسات |
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| الناشر: | جامعة زيان عاشور بالجلفة - كلية العلوم الاجتماعية والإنسانية |
| المؤلف الرئيسي: | Belzekkour, Sabrina (Author) |
| المجلد/العدد: | مج14, ع1 |
| محكمة: | نعم |
| الدولة: |
الجزائر |
| التاريخ الميلادي: |
2023
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| الشهر: | جوان |
| الصفحات: | 179 - 193 |
| DOI: |
10.46217/1065-014-001-012 |
| ISSN: |
2170-0575 |
| رقم MD: | 1447952 |
| نوع المحتوى: | بحوث ومقالات |
| اللغة: | الإنجليزية |
| قواعد المعلومات: | HumanIndex |
| مواضيع: | |
| كلمات المؤلف المفتاحية: |
Atwood | Homer | Intertextuality | Parody | The Odyssey | The Penelopiad
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| رابط المحتوى: |
| المستخلص: |
The act of rewriting the classical works focusing on the side story of the marginalized characters has been the quest for many revisionist writers, among which Margaret Atwood is a pillar. Notably, her novella entitled The Penelopiad, which challenges the Homeric Odyssey by considering it as a male-focused epic tale is the work intended behind this study. In her narrative Atwood aimed at giving both the feminine narrative justice and multi-dimensional role for the two of the sidelined characters in The Odyssey. Therefore, by giving voice to Penelope and her Twelve hanged maids, Atwood offers the reader with an alternative version of the story, meanwhile applying a satiric approach while tracking original plot creating an interesting sub-plot. Henceforth, this article aimed at investigating how The Penelopiad bombarded The Odyssey, by following the ideas of intertextuality and parody since they are highly attached to postmodernism and so does the Novella. Subsequently, the findings specifies that Atwood’s The Penelopiad function as a parody to the Odyssey, as it demystifies the ancient praised myths in the Homeric version, while offering space to the creation of a new myth that embrace the female as a hero and an active agent in the story. |
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| ISSN: |
2170-0575 |
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