In Marion Zimmer Bradley's retelling of the Arthurian legends, The Mists of Avalon, she creates two dystopic cultures: Avalon and Camelot. Contrasting Bradley's account of the legends with the traditional version, Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, reveals that Bradley's sweeping revisions of the tradition do little to create a feminist ideal. A skeptical questioning of the text's plot and characters with the Women's Movement in mind opens an interpretation of the text as a critique of feminism itself.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:csusb.edu/oai:scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu:etd-project-3760 |
Date | 01 January 2005 |
Creators | Lindstrom, Alexandra Elizabeth Anita |
Publisher | CSUSB ScholarWorks |
Source Sets | California State University San Bernardino |
Detected Language | English |
Type | text |
Format | application/pdf |
Source | Theses Digitization Project |
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