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