Tuesday, July 31, 2012

My tale on the short story, 'Our Lady of the Massacre' by Angela Carter


Angela Carter's collection " Black Venus " has been a plunge into the world of feminism largely combined with patriarchy and the supposed justification of colonization. 'Our Lady of the Massacre' ( the third story in this collection) reverts around the identity of a naivete girl under her English mistress whose journey then proceeds as a plantation worker in Virginia and her escape to the Indian community which she stumbles upon accidentally, finally back again to be captured by the white masters. As I read through, what shined out weren't the literary contours rather it was her prose, her language that made everything just come of some imaginary sharp edge. As I read fiction, a single story of carter turns out to be my doze of literary theory for the day.

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  1. can you give me a link full text of "our lady of the massacre"

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