“Nothing to do but be borne and steered”: Unpacking Feminist Scripts in Elana Arnold’s <i>Damsel</i>

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Feminism in novels marketed for young adults often reflects the values of a popular feminism that relies on individual and personal means empowerment, rather than critiquing or seeking to dismantle systems domination. In this paper, we illumminate frameworks methods engaging students careful readings evaluations texts as feminist, through an analysis Elana Arnold’s feminist fairy tale, Damsel (2018). Drawing theoretical feminism, feral theories becoming, authors use Critical Content Anlaysis explore several tenets contemporary thought order analyze text its themes empowerment liberation, domestication ferality, discursive material conditions becoming. The argue complex understandings can move readers toward more robust critique various forms be found adult literature, suggest novel offers pathways interrogating scripts literature.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: International journal of young adult literature

سال: 2022

ISSN: ['2634-5277']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24877/ijyal.76