Psyche's daughter of today: Sara Jeannette Duncan and the new woman
Abstract
The Canadian novelist Sara Jeannette Duncan (1861-1922) constructed a New Woman heroine in the fin-de- siècle novel, A Daughter of Today (1894). Writtenin the popular mode of the transatlantic novel, the work engages in debate on the appropriate construction of femininity in art and public life. The heroine, Elfrida Bell, descends from artist, to muse, to model, to paintedimage-a descent framed by a rival male artist and a hostile London art scene. Represented as Psyche, the heroine undergoes a quest and failure similar to the mythical one. Adaptation of the Psyche myth clarifies the position of Duncan in the spectrum of gender ideologies of the fin-de-siècle.
Keywords
Canadian literature;Canadian fiction;Psyche;
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| Language: | English |
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| Year of publishing: | 2007 |
| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
| Organization: | UM FF - Faculty of Arts |
| UDC: | 821.111(71).09-31Duncan S.J. |
| COBISS: |
36995426
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| ISSN: | 1581-8918 |
| Views: | 800 |
| Downloads: | 350 |
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| Secondary language: | Slovenian |
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| Secondary title: | Psihina hči današnjega časa: Sara Jeannette Duncan in nova ženska |
| Secondary abstract: | Kanadska romanopiska Sara Jeannette Duncan (1861-1922) je v svojem findesièclovskem romanu Hči današnjega časa (1894) ustvarila novo podobo junakinje. Delo, napisano v priljubljeni obliki t. i. prekooceanskega romana, razpravlja o primerni konstrukciji ženskosti v umetnosti in javnem življenju. Junakinja Elfrida Bell izgubi položaj umetnice in postane najprej muza, potem model in nazadnje slikana podoba, kar je plod zarote umetnika-tekmeca ter sovražne umetniške scene v Londonu. Upodobljena kot Psiha se junakinja podana pot iskanja in, podobno kot njena mitološka "sestra", doživi polom. Priredba mita o Psihi osvetli vlogo pisateljice Duncan v spektru spolnih ideologij fin de siècla. |
| Secondary keywords: | kanadska književnost;kanadska proza;Psiha;ne zaključna dela;Literarne študije;Kanadska književnost;Kanadski romani;Ženska književnost;Literarnost; |
| URN: | URN:SI:UM: |
| Type (COBISS): | Article |
| Pages: | str. 59-68 |
| Volume: | ǂVol. ǂ4 |
| Issue: | ǂ[no.] ǂ1/2 |
| Chronology: | 2007 |
| DOI: | 10.4312/elope.4.1-2.59-68 |
| ID: | 9630242 |
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