This article analyses the figure of Celia, questioning the description that emerges from the main account of Beckett’s early women. This account, originally developed by Bryden (1993), claims that women in Beckett’s early prose are represented through the filter of the male gaze, and are constructed in opposition to, and as an obstacle for, the male hero. This article argues that, in Murphy, the mechanisms set to reduce Celia to a stereotypical Woman, are foregrounded, and hence disrupted, by the presence of several contradicting perspectives, including Celia’s own perspective.
Cet article étudie le personnage de Celia pour remettre en question la description qui en est présentée dans les prinicipaux discours sur les personnages féminins des premiers textes de Beckett. Développée en premier par Bryden (1993), cette analyse montre comment les femmes sont représentées à travers le filtre du regard masculin et comment elles sont construites en opposition au héros masculin, pour qui elles représentent un obstacle. Cet article soutient que dans Murphy les mécanismes mis en place pour réduire Celia à l’ image d’ une femme stéréotypée, sont mis en avant, et donc perturbés, par la présence de plusieurs perspectives contradictoires, dont celle de Celia elle-même.
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This article analyses the figure of Celia, questioning the description that emerges from the main account of Beckett’s early women. This account, originally developed by Bryden (1993), claims that women in Beckett’s early prose are represented through the filter of the male gaze, and are constructed in opposition to, and as an obstacle for, the male hero. This article argues that, in Murphy, the mechanisms set to reduce Celia to a stereotypical Woman, are foregrounded, and hence disrupted, by the presence of several contradicting perspectives, including Celia’s own perspective.
Cet article étudie le personnage de Celia pour remettre en question la description qui en est présentée dans les prinicipaux discours sur les personnages féminins des premiers textes de Beckett. Développée en premier par Bryden (1993), cette analyse montre comment les femmes sont représentées à travers le filtre du regard masculin et comment elles sont construites en opposition au héros masculin, pour qui elles représentent un obstacle. Cet article soutient que dans Murphy les mécanismes mis en place pour réduire Celia à l’ image d’ une femme stéréotypée, sont mis en avant, et donc perturbés, par la présence de plusieurs perspectives contradictoires, dont celle de Celia elle-même.
All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
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Abstract Views | 239 | 40 | 7 |
Full Text Views | 52 | 7 | 0 |
PDF Views & Downloads | 95 | 24 | 0 |