Abstract: In the populated ‘far away, long ago’ land of fairy tales, hands and pens seems to be ... more Abstract: In the populated ‘far away, long ago’ land of fairy tales, hands and pens seems to be working far stronger than witches flying upon their broomsticks. It is an unfortunate outcome that all those powerful witches became the permanent nightmares of many adults long after childhood because of being some puppets to articulate the shalts and shalt-nots of the reigning culture. As time goes on and in different cultures, one single story undergoes radical changes which make it appropriate to the taste of the target societies or, to be honest, to the taste of the puppeteers of those societies. Under the impression of these changes, Snow White, before and after, is presented in this study to claim a point along the gender paradigms of time. Barthelme’s version in 1967 has been known as the postmodern version of Snow White and has been considered in many aspects in view of postmodernism. However, the present study aims to read the story in respect to its appeal of gender issues of its time. Accordingly, the precepts of gender identity, feminine, masculine, and androgynous are assayed under the definitions of Judith Butler to revert the paradigm of change from Grimm’s version to Barthelme.
Abstract: In the populated ‘far away, long ago’ land of fairy tales, hands and pens seems to be ... more Abstract: In the populated ‘far away, long ago’ land of fairy tales, hands and pens seems to be working far stronger than witches flying upon their broomsticks. It is an unfortunate outcome that all those powerful witches became the permanent nightmares of many adults long after childhood because of being some puppets to articulate the shalts and shalt-nots of the reigning culture. As time goes on and in different cultures, one single story undergoes radical changes which make it appropriate to the taste of the target societies or, to be honest, to the taste of the puppeteers of those societies. Under the impression of these changes, Snow White, before and after, is presented in this study to claim a point along the gender paradigms of time. Barthelme’s version in 1967 has been known as the postmodern version of Snow White and has been considered in many aspects in view of postmodernism. However, the present study aims to read the story in respect to its appeal of gender issues of ...
Abstract: Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury is the embodiment of the failure of patriarchal socie... more Abstract: Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury is the embodiment of the failure of patriarchal society during 1920s. In the four-chapter novel, Faulkner tries to cover the same story from different points of views with a concluding chapter clarifying the whole story from the point of view of a witness. The present study has chosen the category of gender under psychoanalysis studies which can be considered a new move on the subject. Throughout the story the characters ’ names are perplexingly altered, and this name alteration makes the character identification arduous. According to Judith Butler Gender is not a biological trend but a process that comes through persistence. In this respect what defines the gender identity of characters is not their biology but their internalization or accession of the particularities of the powerful party namely the law of the father in a patriarchal society. The possession of cultural roles wins biology in the fortune moment which determines which party...
Advances in Language and Literary Studies, Jun 1, 2014
Roland Barthes as a fervent proponent of semiology believes that semiology is a branch of a compr... more Roland Barthes as a fervent proponent of semiology believes that semiology is a branch of a comprehensive linguistics: it is the study of how language articulates the world. Semiotic codes, the paths of this articulation, accordingly underlie his attention. Barthes in a structural analysis of Balzac's "Sarrasine" in S/Z expounds five types and functions of these codes. "The Boarding House," one of the most widely read of James Joyce's short stories, despite its straightforwardness is correspondingly saturated with these codes such as cultural and proairetic ones. This research according to Barthes' semiology makes an attempt to elucidate the proairetic codes and structural components that carry a nonverbal cultural message of James Joyce's "The Boarding House." The present study furthermore tries to show how with resort to a series of signs and special codes a literary text can thematically be substantialized. Moreover, it demonstrates that not only can the text of "The Boarding House" be encoded by the same criteria Barthes encoded "Sarrasine" but also Joyce himself presents particular names for these codes.
Abstract: In the populated ‘far away, long ago’ land of fairy tales, hands and pens seems to be ... more Abstract: In the populated ‘far away, long ago’ land of fairy tales, hands and pens seems to be working far stronger than witches flying upon their broomsticks. It is an unfortunate outcome that all those powerful witches became the permanent nightmares of many adults long after childhood because of being some puppets to articulate the shalts and shalt-nots of the reigning culture. As time goes on and in different cultures, one single story undergoes radical changes which make it appropriate to the taste of the target societies or, to be honest, to the taste of the puppeteers of those societies. Under the impression of these changes, Snow White, before and after, is presented in this study to claim a point along the gender paradigms of time. Barthelme’s version in 1967 has been known as the postmodern version of Snow White and has been considered in many aspects in view of postmodernism. However, the present study aims to read the story in respect to its appeal of gender issues of its time. Accordingly, the precepts of gender identity, feminine, masculine, and androgynous are assayed under the definitions of Judith Butler to revert the paradigm of change from Grimm’s version to Barthelme.
Abstract: In the populated ‘far away, long ago’ land of fairy tales, hands and pens seems to be ... more Abstract: In the populated ‘far away, long ago’ land of fairy tales, hands and pens seems to be working far stronger than witches flying upon their broomsticks. It is an unfortunate outcome that all those powerful witches became the permanent nightmares of many adults long after childhood because of being some puppets to articulate the shalts and shalt-nots of the reigning culture. As time goes on and in different cultures, one single story undergoes radical changes which make it appropriate to the taste of the target societies or, to be honest, to the taste of the puppeteers of those societies. Under the impression of these changes, Snow White, before and after, is presented in this study to claim a point along the gender paradigms of time. Barthelme’s version in 1967 has been known as the postmodern version of Snow White and has been considered in many aspects in view of postmodernism. However, the present study aims to read the story in respect to its appeal of gender issues of ...
Abstract: Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury is the embodiment of the failure of patriarchal socie... more Abstract: Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury is the embodiment of the failure of patriarchal society during 1920s. In the four-chapter novel, Faulkner tries to cover the same story from different points of views with a concluding chapter clarifying the whole story from the point of view of a witness. The present study has chosen the category of gender under psychoanalysis studies which can be considered a new move on the subject. Throughout the story the characters ’ names are perplexingly altered, and this name alteration makes the character identification arduous. According to Judith Butler Gender is not a biological trend but a process that comes through persistence. In this respect what defines the gender identity of characters is not their biology but their internalization or accession of the particularities of the powerful party namely the law of the father in a patriarchal society. The possession of cultural roles wins biology in the fortune moment which determines which party...
Advances in Language and Literary Studies, Jun 1, 2014
Roland Barthes as a fervent proponent of semiology believes that semiology is a branch of a compr... more Roland Barthes as a fervent proponent of semiology believes that semiology is a branch of a comprehensive linguistics: it is the study of how language articulates the world. Semiotic codes, the paths of this articulation, accordingly underlie his attention. Barthes in a structural analysis of Balzac's "Sarrasine" in S/Z expounds five types and functions of these codes. "The Boarding House," one of the most widely read of James Joyce's short stories, despite its straightforwardness is correspondingly saturated with these codes such as cultural and proairetic ones. This research according to Barthes' semiology makes an attempt to elucidate the proairetic codes and structural components that carry a nonverbal cultural message of James Joyce's "The Boarding House." The present study furthermore tries to show how with resort to a series of signs and special codes a literary text can thematically be substantialized. Moreover, it demonstrates that not only can the text of "The Boarding House" be encoded by the same criteria Barthes encoded "Sarrasine" but also Joyce himself presents particular names for these codes.
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