Breakthroughs of Female Life:The Glass Coffin Image Revisited in A.S.Byatt's Possession:A Romance
In Possession:A Romance,Byatt rewrites the glass coffin fairy tale of Grimm brothers,and then further symbolizes the image of the glass coffin in the novel,subverting the traditional interpretation of"objectifying women".Byatt conveys her thoughts on the contemporary female predicament and the crisis of male-female relationship.Specifically,on the one hand,as a place of inhabitance,the glass coffin no longer points to the passive,static and silent status of women and women in the glass coffin-like space can also be self-satisfied and create their value.On the other hand,as a visual field,the glass coffin subverts the hegemonic logic of male gaze.Women are no longer the object of male gaze,but radiate more natural and charming beauty through the filter of glass.In the end,Byatt breaks away from the hegemonic logic of gaze and successfully explores a harmonious and equal relationship between men and women through the depiction of body postures and language relations,providing a solution to the contemporary women's dilemma and the crisis of gender relations.
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