Proceedings of the 2021 3rd International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2021)

Subversion and Containment in Female Images: A Study of “The Dead” From the Perspective of New Historicism

Authors
Han Yang1, a
1Department of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
Corresponding Author
Han Yang
Available Online 29 November 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211120.024How to use a DOI?
Keywords
“The Dead”; female image; New Historicism; subversion and containment
Abstract

James Joyce is one of the most famous writers in the field of literature and “The Dead” is the last part of his short stories collection, Dubliners. The novel centers on the protagonist, Gabriel and his confrontation with three main female characters, Lily, Miss Ivors and Gretta. This thesis focuses on the subversion and containment of female image creation in “The Dead” from the perspective of New Historicism. The first part of the thesis analyzes the conception of New Historicism from two parts, “historicity of text and texuality of history” and “the power paradigm of subversion and containment”. In the second part, it discusses the subversive power of three female images through their self awakening and confrontations with Gabriel. In the third part, it demonstrates the containment upon the subversive power of three female images through the conflict between the two power paradigm and characters’ embodiment of the Irish national identity. Through the analysis from the perspective view of New Historicism, the author finds out that despite the obvious subversive effect of female image creation in “The Dead,” James Joyce, unable to break away from the mainstream ideology at that time, still defended what he attacked in an invisible way.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2021 3rd International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
29 November 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-461-2
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211120.024How to use a DOI?
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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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