Feminist Transgressions and Critical Dys-u-topian Drama: Ann Jellicoe, Bryony Lavery and Germaine Greer
Referring to the discussion on the critical potential of dystopias in fiction, the article examines twentieth century feminist plays by Ann Jellicoe, Bryony Lavery and Germaine Greer for their presentation and critical deconstruction of gender roles, social structures and power relations. In the pl...
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Referring to the discussion on the critical potential of dystopias in fiction, the article examines twentieth century feminist plays by Ann Jellicoe, Bryony Lavery and Germaine Greer for their presentation and critical deconstruction of gender roles, social structures and power relations. In the plays discussed in the article the critical and transgressive strategies used by the playwrights question the possibility of separating utopias and dystopias, showing how they are linked to and dependent on each other. Refusing to provide neat endings and definitions, the plays open up to contradictory readings by mixing the elements of dystopia and utopia and inviting critical and self-reflexive interpretations directing the critique of the past and the future towards the present.
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| spelling | doaj-art-eebb56e281f54e20a75010e096bdb38b2024-11-20T13:00:33ZengŁódzkie Towarzystwo NaukoweZagadnienia Rodzajów Literackich0084-44462451-03352020-09-0163110.26485/ZRL/2020/63.1/8Feminist Transgressions and Critical Dys-u-topian Drama: Ann Jellicoe, Bryony Lavery and Germaine GreerEdyta Lorek-Jezińska0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5492-4255Department of Anglophone Literary, Cultural and Comparative Studies, Institute of Literary Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland Referring to the discussion on the critical potential of dystopias in fiction, the article examines twentieth century feminist plays by Ann Jellicoe, Bryony Lavery and Germaine Greer for their presentation and critical deconstruction of gender roles, social structures and power relations. In the plays discussed in the article the critical and transgressive strategies used by the playwrights question the possibility of separating utopias and dystopias, showing how they are linked to and dependent on each other. Refusing to provide neat endings and definitions, the plays open up to contradictory readings by mixing the elements of dystopia and utopia and inviting critical and self-reflexive interpretations directing the critique of the past and the future towards the present. https://czasopisma.ltn.lodz.pl/Zagadnienia-Rodzajow-Literackich/article/view/971critical dystopia, feminist drama, transgression, gender reversal |
| spellingShingle | Edyta Lorek-Jezińska Feminist Transgressions and Critical Dys-u-topian Drama: Ann Jellicoe, Bryony Lavery and Germaine Greer Zagadnienia Rodzajów Literackich critical dystopia, feminist drama, transgression, gender reversal |
| title | Feminist Transgressions and Critical Dys-u-topian Drama: Ann Jellicoe, Bryony Lavery and Germaine Greer |
| title_full | Feminist Transgressions and Critical Dys-u-topian Drama: Ann Jellicoe, Bryony Lavery and Germaine Greer |
| title_fullStr | Feminist Transgressions and Critical Dys-u-topian Drama: Ann Jellicoe, Bryony Lavery and Germaine Greer |
| title_full_unstemmed | Feminist Transgressions and Critical Dys-u-topian Drama: Ann Jellicoe, Bryony Lavery and Germaine Greer |
| title_short | Feminist Transgressions and Critical Dys-u-topian Drama: Ann Jellicoe, Bryony Lavery and Germaine Greer |
| title_sort | feminist transgressions and critical dys u topian drama ann jellicoe bryony lavery and germaine greer |
| topic | critical dystopia, feminist drama, transgression, gender reversal |
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