Stitching texts: gender and geography in Frankenstein and Patchwork Girl

被引:4
作者
Dobson, Teresa [1 ]
Luce-Kapler, Rebecca [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ British Columbia, Fac Educ, Language & Literacy, Vancouver, BC, Canada
[2] Queens Univ, Fac Educ, Language & Literacy, Kingston, ON, Canada
来源
CHANGING ENGLISH-STUDIES IN CULTURE AND EDUCATION | 2005年 / 12卷 / 02期
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10.1080/13586840500164540
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
This paper considers how two related texts-one in print and one in hypertext-are locations for adolescents to undertake the work of 'literary anthropology' in considering questions of gender and subjectivity. The first text is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, which invites readers to grapple with questions of how adolescents negotiate relations with their parents and others, of how masculinity and femininity are produced and construed, and of how cultural mores inform both processes. The second is Shelley Jackson's Patchwork Girl, a hypertext novel that parodies the former. Both texts offer a multilayered reading experience for adolescents juxtaposing print and digital technologies, themes of boundary and displacement, and issues of identity and sexuality.
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页码:265 / 277
页数:13
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