Exploring Feminist Themes in The Bloody Chamber
Delve into the feminist interpretation of The Bloody Chamber within the context of Second Wave Feminism. Analyze Carter's portrayal of female sexuality and autonomy, and engage with critical responses to form your own evaluation. Dive deep into historical feminist thought, question existing theories, and form arguments using textual references.
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Is The Bloody Chamber a feminist text? Which AO is this lesson focusing on? LO: To be able to place The Bloody Chamber within the context of Second Wave Feminism and link Carter s ideas to a wider critical context To be able to evaluate the reception of Carter s work and formulate my own ideas in relation to the key question
AO4 Band 6 Excellent understanding of contexts of production with detailed links between context/ text and task Excellent understanding of possible contexts of production with detailed links between context/ texts/ task
Is The Bloody Chamber a Feminist text? Carter envisages a woman s sexuality simply as a response to male arousal. She has no conception of women s sexuality as autonomous. Patricia Duncker (1984) Task: Discuss this view and come up with three questions to ask Duncker to encourage her to consider the opposing argument. What do you think Glossary How can you explain Arousal sexual desire Have you considered the view that Autonomous independent
How does Carters work fit into a hundred year history of feminist thought? When watching the presentations take detailed notes remember to link what you learn to The Bloody Chamber Take note of interesting questions and discussion points to probe further thinking
Is TheBloody Chamber a feminist text? Read the critical responses to The Bloody Chamber. Discuss what you think each theorist means in relation to The Bloody Chamber Choose the comments that you agree and disagree with the most and write a response justifying your evaluations with references to the text. A/ A* sentence stems to argue (AO1) One the one hand it could be considered This is supported by who puts forward the view that.. This is highlighted in the text when One interpretation of Carter s message could be In addition Another theorist put forward the view that . This could be supported in the text when .. However I find this view flawed/ limited because . Overall I think The Bloody Chamber can/ cannot be interpreted as a feminist text
