The archetypes in some selected novels by Angela Carter /
النماذج الأولية في روايات مختارة لأنجيلا كارتر
Mohammad Elsayed Abdelrahman ; Supervised Sahar Sobhi Abdelhakim
- Cairo : Mohammad Elsayed Abdelrahman , 2019
- 135 P. ; 25cm
Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Arts - Department of English
Angela Carter both conveys and challenges the traditional archetype within her multiple works of literature. Her work is the subject of literary attention and critique, specifically due to its approach to challenging male patriarchy and her choice of brusque language as her form of expression. Her novels present rather unconventional women and heroes journeys that are far from typical. Her shift from conforming to the typical offers an interesting dimension from which to assess her understanding of archetypes and the deliberate ways through which she destroys them through her writing