The anatomy of silence : decolonizing the female body in rape narratives
dc.contributor.advisor | Monnet, Rodica-Livia | |
dc.contributor.author | Kakon, Alecsandra | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-07T16:21:36Z | |
dc.date.available | NO_RESTRICTION | fr |
dc.date.available | 2021-06-07T16:21:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-03-24 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2020-08 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1866/25237 | |
dc.subject | Sexual Violence | fr |
dc.subject | Decolonizing | fr |
dc.subject | Colonization | fr |
dc.subject | Coloniality of gender | fr |
dc.subject | Coloniality of rape culture | fr |
dc.subject | Silence | fr |
dc.subject | Maria Lugones | fr |
dc.subject | Memoir | fr |
dc.subject | Fiction | fr |
dc.subject | Violence sexuelle | fr |
dc.subject | Décolonisation | fr |
dc.subject | colonialité du pouvoir | fr |
dc.subject | Études de genre | fr |
dc.subject | Théorie féministe | fr |
dc.subject.other | Literature - Comparative / Littérature - Comparée (UMI : 0295) | fr |
dc.title | The anatomy of silence : decolonizing the female body in rape narratives | fr |
dc.type | Thèse ou mémoire / Thesis or Dissertation | |
etd.degree.discipline | Littérature (Théorie et épistémologie de la littérature) | fr |
etd.degree.grantor | Université de Montréal | |
etd.degree.level | Doctorat / Doctoral | fr |
etd.degree.name | Ph. D. | fr |
dcterms.abstract | La langue est en partie responsable de la perpétuation de la violence sexuelle. Alors que la théorie féministe semble l'alliée naturelle de cette étude, la relation binaire mise au premier plan dans la théorie féministe du traumatisme - en renommant la victime de viol en survivante de viol, par exemple - a gardé son oppression plus ou moins intacte. Mon approche est de m'éloigner du cadre strict de la théorie féministe pour comprendre pleinement la violence sexuelle et sa place dans l'histoire ainsi que son impact sur une femme qui a vécu le crime. En m'appuyant sur les théories de la (dé)colonisation pour analyser les récits de viol, je trouve des parallèles dans les deux actes d'oppression ainsi que dans les modes d'émancipation. Le potentiel ici est d'établir une nouvelle méthodologie qui permettra de recadrer l'analyse littéraire et de décoloniser la politique, la langue et la pédagogie du «monde réel» du viol, c'est-à-dire de montrer l'impact de la suppression, de l'ignorance ou de la négligence du viol comme problème sociopolitique central et structurel. Le corpus de cette thèse se compose de quatre récits littéraires, dont deux sont (semi)-autobiographiques: Cereus Blooms at Night, par Shani Mootoo; Memories of the Future, par Siri Hustvedt; The Apology, par Eve Ensler; et, In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience, par Helen Knott. | fr |
dcterms.abstract | Language is partially to blame for the perpetuation of sexual violence. While feminist theory would seem the natural ally to this study, the binary relationship foregrounded in feminist trauma theory—in renaming the rape victim as rape survivor, for example—has been kept her oppression more or less intact. My approach is to move away from the strict framework of feminist theory so as to fully understand sexual violence and its place in history as well as its impact on a woman who has experience the crime. In drawing upon theories of (de)colonization to analyze rape narratives, I find parallels in both oppressive acts as well is in modes of emancipation. The potential here is to establish a new methodology that will enable to reframe literary analysis, and to decolonize the “real-world” politics, language, and pedagogy of rape, that is, to show the impact of deleting, overlooking or neglecting rape as a central, structural sociopolitical problem. The Corpus of this dissertation consists of four literary narratives, two of which are (semi)-autobiographical: Cereus Blooms at Night, by Shani Mootoo; Memories of the Future, by Siri Hustvedt; The Apology, by Eve Ensler; and, In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience, by Helen Knott. | fr |
dcterms.language | eng | fr |
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