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    Author
    Amore, Martha
    Chair
    Coffman, Chris
    Committee
    Evans, Mei Mei
    Lampman, Claudia
    Brightwell, Gerri
    Keyword
    gothic fiction
    American literature
    Alaska
    feminist fiction
    Julia Kristeva
    literary criticism
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11122/11254
    Abstract
    Shorebirds and Other Stories is a collection of original feminist gothic short fiction set in Alaska. A critical introduction to the creative portion situates the work within the historical context of feminist gothic literature, feminist theory, and contemporary feminist psychology, while rejecting an application of Julia Kristeva's theory of the abject. Kristeva's theory is commonly cited in gothic analyses of female monsters, but this introduction argues that her ideas position women in an essentialist, misogynist Freudian-based psychology, which is in stark contrast to feminist gothic literature's project of asserting women's subjectivity. Each short story in the creative portion reflects themes of maternal subjectivity, ambivalence, or abortion, while drawing inspiration from classic and contemporary feminist gothic literature. Moreover, the collection includes works of realism and the fantastic, the former genre revealing the deep humanity of women deemed monstrous by a patriarchal society, while the latter celebrates radical feminist difference in such monstrous tropes as the vampire, werewolf, and witch. In the tradition of feminist gothic literature, Shorebirds and Other Stories features "monstrous" women as protagonists, offering their perspectives, histories, complex emotions, and perseverance in the struggle for subjecthood.
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    Dissertation (Ph.D.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2020
    Table of Contents
    Critical introduction to Shorebirds and Other Stories -- A brief history of the feminist gothic -- The early link between feminism and the gothic -- The gothic and the birth of feminist literary criticism -- The gothic and feminism in the 1980s -- The gothic and third wave feminism -- The gothic and fourth wave feminism. Feminist gothic conventions in Shorebirds -- The gothic heroine -- Altered states -- Female entrapment. Monster theories. Kristeva's theory of the abject -- Debates surrounding Kristeva's theory of the abject. The feminist gothic project: Embracing monsters. Monsters and mothers in Shorebirds. Fantastical representations of the monstrous and maternal subjectivity -- The vampire -- The werewolf -- The witch -- Realist representations of the monstrous and maternal subjectivity -- Conclusion. Instinct -- Winterkill -- Wolf in my nightgown -- Stinging nettles -- The portrait -- Mariposa -- Shorebirds -- Afterword -- Works cited.
    Date
    2020-05
    Type
    Dissertation
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    Theses (English)
    College of Liberal Arts

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