Published: 2020-07-31

How to Change Fairy Tales into Utopias? Novels and Stories Written by Angela Carter

Anna Pekaniec
Dzieciństwo. Literatura i Kultura
Section: Varia
DOI https://doi.org/10.32798/dlk.352

Abstract

The aim of the article is to conduct an analysis of two novels by Angela Carter, The Magical Toyshop (1967) and Wise Children (1991), as well as of some of her fairy tales/short stories, notably The Bloody Chamber (1979) and The Company of Wolves (1977). The author of the paper shows how modifying fairy-tale motifs and novel plots (including genres like coming-of-age novel, novel of manners, novel on male and female artists) transforms them into utopias characterised by a strong feminist component. Carter’s choices are often enriched with utopian or dystopian elements, and not only do they aim to question the phallogocentric rules, but also to lead us to wonder whether their questioning is actually possible.

Keywords:

Angela Carter, fairy tale, feminism, woman, women's writing, short story, coming-of-age novel, novel of manners, utopia

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Pekaniec, A. (2020). How to Change Fairy Tales into Utopias? Novels and Stories Written by Angela Carter. Dzieciństwo. Literatura I Kultura, 2(1), 170–191. https://doi.org/10.32798/dlk.352

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