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The Radical Feminist Interpretation of the Jilting of Granny Weatherall
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Abstract
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall is one of the classic short stories of the famous American writer Katherine Anne Porter. The short story expresses women’s liberation through the protagonist Granny Weatherall’s attitude in the face of frustration. Some scholars focus more on analyzing the techniques used in the stream of consciousness used in the short story; some compare it to other similar works, while others provide a broader interpretation from a feminist perspective. However, this essay tends to make a tentative analysis of the interpretation of the masculinity displayed by the protagonist from the perspective of radical feminism and probe into the relationship between sex and gender temperament in a patriarchal society. In this way, it is shown that under the patriarchy, women are able to choose whether they show masculinity or not of their own free will. Furthermore, they will be more conscious of the significance of improving their self-awareness as economic, social, and ideological growth continues.
Keywords
Feminism, radical feminism, femininity, masculinity
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- Volume Title
- Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication Studies
- ISBN (Print)
- 978-1-83558-253-4
- ISBN (Online)
- 978-1-83558-254-1
- Published Date
- 03 January 2024
- Series
- Communications in Humanities Research
- ISSN (Print)
- 2753-7064
- ISSN (Online)
- 2753-7072
- DOI
- 10.54254/2753-7064/25/20231900
- Copyright
- 03 January 2024
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