A Latter Day Eve: Reading Twilight through Paradise Lost
Critics have demonstrated how Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga reinforces the notion that the appropriate roles for women are those of wife and mother. Viewed from a literary historical perspective, however, the Twilight saga can also be seen as reinterpretation of the Genesis story, told from a...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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University of Saskatchewan
[2011]
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Journal of religion and popular culture
Année: 2011, Volume: 23, Numéro: 3, Pages: 330-341 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Feminism
B Paradise Lost (John Milton) B Genesis B Mormon (Mormonism B Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) B Twilight (Stephenie Meyer) |
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| Résumé: | Critics have demonstrated how Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga reinforces the notion that the appropriate roles for women are those of wife and mother. Viewed from a literary historical perspective, however, the Twilight saga can also be seen as reinterpretation of the Genesis story, told from a female point of view as a vampire narrative. Meyer's "New Eve" is part of a literary tradition that springs from Paradise Lost. Meyer's portrayal of the concept of free will and her connected depiction of the redemptive power of motherhood emphasizes elements in the Latter Day Saints tradition that present a more positive view of Eve, and by extension of "Woman," than is common in traditional portrayals of Genesis. |
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| ISSN: | 1703-289X |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/jrpc.23.3.330 |