Gendered Narrative Subjectivity

The book contains feminist, narratological and intercultural interpretations of Hungarian and American literary texts by modernist and postmodernist women writers. It argues that in literary narrative it is possible to represent female political interest that presupposes a united concept of subjectivity, in a decentered narrative subjectivity.

This book wants to make Hungarian women writers accessible to an English-speaking public and presents interpretations of Hungarian and American literary texts by writers such as Margit Kaffka, Anna Lesznai, Jolán Földes, Zsuzsa Rakovszky, Agáta Gordon, Virág Erds, Zsuzsa Forgács, Alaine Polcz, Gertrude Stein, Kathy Acker and Jhumpa Lahiri. In literary narratives it is possible to represent female political interests in a decentered narrative subjectivity. The book illustrates that literary narratives readily accept the contradictory nature of identity issues and create an exciting and complex network of articulating female voices.

Autorentext

Edit Zsadányi is Associate Professor at the Cultural Studies Department of Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest, Hungary. Her fields of research are 20th Century Hungarian and American literature, with a particular emphasis on Cultural Theory and Gender Studies.

Inhalt
Contents: Subjectivity Narrativity Narratology Focalization Rhetoric Gender studies Identity Hungarian literature Modernism Postmodernism Women writers Decentered subjectivity Margit Kaffka Emma Ritoók Jolán Földes Anna Lesznai Zsuzsa Rakovszky Virág Erds Agáta Gordon Alaine Polcz Gertrude Stein Kathy Acker Jhumpa Lahiri.