Feminism 3 Language and Body.ppt

Feminism 3: Language and Body 〈安卓珍妮〉 “Spelling,” Poems by 夏宇 Outline 〈安卓珍妮〉 Body and Language: “Spelling” Duality or parody:夏宇 Discourse on the Logic of Language 〈安卓珍妮〉︰情節 1. 安卓珍尼 2.女主角的追尋 Starting Questions What does安卓珍尼 represent in this story? (Note: lizard) What about 洋紫荊? (lizard) How is the female protagonist characterized? Is she a nature lover? What does she need and quest for? In the story there are several sets of binaries; for instance, nature vs. city/civilization, women vs. men, 安卓珍尼 Categorization: 背鬣（ㄌㄧㄝ 、） Different interpretations: 『 費文與莫娃表面上在進行學術上的爭論，其實表現著父權社會結構中關於性別論述的權力之爭。費文認為：「單一物種乃不正常和次等的雜交種」 而莫娃則提出：「雄性班尾毛蜥是在進化的過程中漸次滅絕」的雄性滅絕論。』(.tw/01039/board/2000/g9/r4/manwoman.html ) “She” and feminine writing (pp. 75) “I” and the other characters (1) Husband; --domineering and protective pp. 31-32 (note); calm and analytical 60-61 Man – “I” switching from feeling superior (24), to a mixture of defensiveness and expectation (25; 30), of rejecting him (29) and dominating him by words(46), to the desire to win over him and to depend on him. (e.g. 51) ? torture him, sex and conquer p. 55 “I” and the other characters (2) “I” and 安文 –opposite to each other 安文 does not like to live in wild nature (pp. 13-14) Typically ‘feminine’ (17-18); Regular and predictable (21) ??男人 Represents language civilization (傳真機 26) ??男人 “I” and the other characters (2) The grandfather and professor Kang: The grandfather – pp. 14, 15, 18, 25, 33-34 sharing their love of nature, curiosity about ‘original identity’ (of Hong Kong, or of women); Professor Kang – admiration (34) and love (44) “I”: Sense of Self and 安卓珍尼 Wants to communicate with her; Her sense of self: Curious about her image in the mirror; Losing words; Her naked body merges with nature ? p. 50 dreams of her gets to be more dependent on the man; Fear ? power p. 52; Sense of contradiction p. 60; Confronting 安卓珍尼 (or the self she quests for) p. 62 ; 66 Androgyny as a Solution? More power