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“SYCORAX ON STAGE”: THE UNVOICED SHAKESPEAREAN FEMALE OTHER FINALLY SPEAKS IN SUNITI NAMJOSHI’S POETRY

   | 14 févr. 2014
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The witch has always been the representation of an unspeakable absence. Sycorax embodies all silenced African women, experiencing double patriarchy (a term used by Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka). Associated with the margins, she represented the barbarian Other to European culture. Sycorax decolonizes the male-dominated world of Prospero: from absence, she is turned into presence, as she constructs her subjective narrative

ISSN:
1583-980X
Langue:
Anglais
Périodicité:
Volume Open
Sujets de la revue:
Social Sciences, Sociology, other