BEAUTY AS FAIRY TALE IN FAY WELDON’S NOVEL THE LIFE AND LOVE OF A SHE-DEVIL

Özge KARİP; Tatiana GOLBAN

Makale detayları

BEAUTY AS FAIRY TALE IN FAY WELDON’S NOVEL THE LIFE AND LOVE OF A SHE-DEVIL

Yazarlar:

Özge KARİP | Tatiana GOLBAN

Yayıncı:

Tekirdag Namik Kemal University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi:

HUMANITAS - International Journal of Social Sciences 2017 Vol.5 Issue 9, pp.219-230

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2017

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000458130

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2645-8837

pISSN:

2147-088X

Özet:

 


The contemporary fiction reveals a great interest in the representation of fairy tale motifs and structures. Fay Weldon’s novel, The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, attempts to present the power of resurgence of fairy tale by depicting and revising several of fairy tale motifs and structures. This article focuses on the motif of beauty, as it is one of the central paradigms of most fairy tales, and emphasises that beauty continues to be one of the most stringent preoccupations of individuals living in the contemporary culture of appearances. Not only in fairy tales but in today’s world as well the oppressive beauty norms and the struggle to achieve perfection become a problematical concern for most women. By employing many popular fairy tale motifs like jealousy, desire and craving of the stepsisters (in Cinderella), stepmothers (in Snow White and Rapunzel), rivals (in Little Mermaid), antagonists (like Maleficent in Sleeping Beauty), the novelist tries to question virtue implied in beauty. This study shows that Fay Weldon’s novel depicts the dominant ideology of beauty which is inserted in the fairy tales, questions the excessive interest in beauty and female body in the mainstream culture, divulges the artificiality of such preoccupations, illustrates the abusive and deluding nature and presents their damaging impact upon individual’s identity.

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The contemporary fiction reveals a great interest in therepresentation of fairy tale motifs and structures. Fay Weldon’s novel,The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, attempts topresent the power ofresurgence of fairy tale by depicting and revising several of fairy talemotifs and structures. This article focuses on the motif of beauty, as it isone of the central paradigms of most fairy tales, and emphasises thatbeauty continues to be one of the most stringent preoccupations ofindividuals living in the contemporary culture of appearances. Not only infairy tales but in today’s world as well the oppressive beauty norms andthe struggle to achieve perfection become a problematical concern formost women.By employing many popular fairy tale motifs like jealousy,desire and craving of the stepsisters (in Cinderella), stepmothers (in SnowWhite and Rapunzel), rivals (in Little Mermaid), antagonists (likeMaleficent in Sleeping Beauty), the novelist tries to question virtueimplied in beauty. This study shows that Fay Weldon’s novel depicts thedominant ideology of beauty which is inserted in the fairy tales, questionsthe excessive interest in beauty and female body in the mainstreamculture, divulges the artificiality of such preoccupations,illustrates theabusive and deluding nature and presents their damaging impact uponindividual’s identity.  

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Makale detayları

BEAUTY AS FAIRY TALE IN FAY WELDON’S NOVEL THE LIFE AND LOVE OF A SHE-DEVIL

Yazarlar: Özge KARİP | Tatiana GOLBAN

Yayıncı: Tekirdag Namik Kemal University

Ana Başlıklar: Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi: HUMANITAS - International Journal of Social Sciences 2017 Vol.5 Issue 9, pp.219-230

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 8/2017

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2000458130

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

eISSN: 2645-8837

pISSN: 2147-088X

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Özge KARİP | Tatiana GOLBAN

Yayıncı:

Tekirdag Namik Kemal University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi:

HUMANITAS - International Journal of Social Sciences 2017 Vol.5 Issue 9, pp.219-230

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2017

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000458130

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2645-8837

pISSN:

2147-088X