안젤라 카터의 『요술 장난감 가게』: 여성성 복원과 남성신화 비틀기
Angela Carter's The Magic Toyshop: Restoring Womanliness and Twisting the Masculine Mythology
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Carter's novels usually divide two periods: the Bristol trilogy based on realistic narratives in 1960s and less realistic mode of the post-1970 novels. The Magic Toyshop published in 1967 may be seen as a transitional work bridging the gap between two periods. This novel on the border of realistic and fantastic narratives shows that two adolescents, Melanie and Finn try to escape from a toymaker, Philip who symbolizes authorized masculinity. This article analyzes how womanliness is restored and the masculine mythology is twisted in The Magic Toyshop. Melanie misrecognizes her womanliness as an object of male artists' gazes identifying herself with models and female characters represented in male artists' paintings and literary texts. Her womanliness is appreciated not as a female identity but an object of male artists' gazes. A magic toyshop controlled by Philip prevents Melanie and Finn from pursuing their own identities. This toyshop might represent the falsehood and fabrication of the patriarchy as if all the toys were not genuine but counterfeit. Melanie needs imagination and fantasy to discover female identity and restore womanliness in the patriarchal society. As she moves into each place in the toyshop, she starts to recognize her female identity associated with her grotesque fantasy. Carter uses various canon, folk tales, myths, and pop culture to reveal the masculine mythology which has been concealed for years. For instance, Philip controls and violates all the family members including Melanie as if he manipulated puppets in a performance. Analyzing Philip's violence and rules will disclose the fear and falsehood of the masculine mythology.
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Carter's novels usually divide two periods: the Bristol trilogy based on realistic narratives in 1960s and less realistic mode of the post-1970 novels. The Magic Toyshop published in 1967 may be seen as a transitional work bridging the gap between two periods. This novel on the border of realistic and fantastic narratives shows that two adolescents, Melanie and Finn try to escape from a toymaker, Philip who symbolizes authorized masculinity. This article analyzes how womanliness is restored and the masculine mythology is twisted in The Magic Toyshop. Melanie misrecognizes her womanliness as an object of male artists' gazes identifying herself with models and female characters represented in male artists' paintings and literary texts. Her womanliness is appreciated not as a female identity but an object of male artists' gazes. A magic toyshop controlled by Philip prevents Melanie and Finn from pursuing their own identities. This toyshop might represent the falsehood and fabrication of the patriarchy as if all the toys were not genuine but counterfeit. Melanie needs imagination and fantasy to discover female identity and restore womanliness in the patriarchal society. As she moves into each place in the toyshop, she starts to recognize her female identity associated with her grotesque fantasy. Carter uses various canon, folk tales, myths, and pop culture to reveal the masculine mythology which has been concealed for years. For instance, Philip controls and violates all the family members including Melanie as if he manipulated puppets in a performance. Analyzing Philip's violence and rules will disclose the fear and falsehood of the masculine mythology.
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