A04 Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
Q
When did Angela Carter write ‘The bloody chamber?’
A
1979
2
Q
How is the idea gender subverted in Winterson’s ‘Written on the body?’
A
The narrators gender is never revealed, becoming neither, or both.
3
Q
What other work of literature by Winterson has a lesbian narrative?
A
‘The Passion,’ set in Napoleonic France, Villanelle, a Venetian is a lesbian, the fictional element is necessary to allow for the homosexual narrative.
4
Q
How is Molly Bolt similar to Jeanette?
A
- Abandoned by her family for her sexuality.
- Moves to New York (A freer, romanticised city.)
- Molly is put in a sanitarium for a few days for her sexuality, going through extreme isolation.
- She breaks conventional rules, her adoptive mother tells her to be more lady like but she plays with the boys.
5
Q
What does Winterson say in her novel, ‘Why be happy when you could be normal’ about safe spaces?
A
‘Sometimes the safe spaces won’t help you.’
