Abstract
The work examines the development of contemporary Scottish and Irish women’s writing and explores what unites contemporary Scottish and Irish woman writing with other types of narrative and what makes it special. The theoretical basis and methodology for the study is the attention to the vector of women’s prose development, including postcolonial literature and contemporary feminist critical theories. Postmodernist and meta-modernist theories (including the rhizome concept and “oscillation” principle) are also considered. Contemporary Scottish women’s writing (the example of Carol Ann Duffy) provides insights into the development of the Scottish woman writer image; works by Jenny Fagan allow to trace controlling practices of contemporary society. Kate Clanchy’s writing reveals the interconnection between cultures incorporated into the social problem of migration. Contemporary Irish women’s prose is characterized by addressing the issue of religion and Catholicism as well as the concept of home, which is well revealed in the writings of most authors who are rebelling against the tradition and, at the same time, associate themselves with it.
Highlights
IntroductionThe article aims at showing the vector of development of the Scottish and Irish women’s writing that shapes the identity of a contemporary woman (characters as well as the writer herself) and bears certain characteristics
The article aims at showing the vector of development of the Scottish and Irish women’s writing that shapes the identity of a contemporary woman and bears certain characteristics.The 19th century novel, in general, and the British novel, in particular, is restricted to conventions, with a strong emphasis on traditional values
Contemporary Irish women’s prose is characterized by addressing the issue of religion and Catholicism as well as the concept of home, which is well revealed in the writings of most authors who are rebelling against the tradition and, at the same time, associate themselves with it
Summary
The article aims at showing the vector of development of the Scottish and Irish women’s writing that shapes the identity of a contemporary woman (characters as well as the writer herself) and bears certain characteristics. The 19th century novel, in general, and the British novel, in particular, is restricted to conventions, with a strong emphasis on traditional values. Woman writing has to take a different turn. In the 60-s woman writing takes a different turn, University figures like Iris Murdoch would establish the identity of a strong woman, opposing herself to a man, struggling not for her own ambitions but, above all, for the idea of liberation and independence. A British woman writer of the present wants from life almost everything, what she can take from tradition, and what she can happily generate from new opportunities
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