Honors Thesis Archive
Author | Kimberly Estenson |
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Title | Old Wives鈥 Tales, or the Feminist Revisionist Tales: 鈥淭he Angels Whisper,鈥 鈥淯nyielding Hatred,鈥 and 鈥淭he Wampus Woman鈥 |
Department | English |
Advisors | Michael Mattison, Shelley Chan, and D'Arcy Fallon |
Year | 2019 |
Honors | University Honors |
Full Text | (240 KB) |
Abstract | This creative writing thesis presents three short stories, "The Angels Whisper," "Unyielding Hatred," and "The Wampus Woman." Each of the three uses feminist revisionist mythological approach, set across several hundred years of American history. In each of these stories the women face a struggle between that of accepting the path that a patriarchal society has prescribed before them or giving into this unnamed, yet ancient understanding of a female existence that is empowered rather than controlled. In "The Angels Whisper," a version of the Lilith story is set in early colonial America. "Unyielding Hatred" sets Grendel and Grendel’s mother as black characters under segregation. "The Wampus Woman" sets the characters of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s Gothic novella Carmilla in the contemporary American south, and recasts Le Fanu’s heroine Laura as the stories monster, illustrating how women are also often the agents of sexist ideals. |
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