Location
MSU 323
Event Website
https://kutztownenglish.com/2018/10/04/kucc-call-for-papers/
Primary Faculty Advisor
Amy Lynch-Biniek
Start Date
10-4-2019 3:00 PM
Presentation Types
Panel Discussion
Description
This paper describes the common (mis)reading of Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca as upholding Victorian patriarchal values and attempts to demonstrate that the novel is indeed feminist and acts as a critique and subversion of those patriarchal standards; it then examines the film and stage adaptations of Rebecca, demonstrating via comparison to the original medium that feminism has begun to affect other cultural interpretations and depictions of the narrator, Mrs. Danvers, and Rebecca herself.
Recommended Citation
Koller, Samantha, "Subverting the Patriarchy and its Ties to Feminism: Du Maurier and her Adaptations" (2019). KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference. 59.
https://research.library.kutztown.edu/compconf/2019/Schedule/59
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Subverting the Patriarchy and its Ties to Feminism: Du Maurier and her Adaptations
MSU 323
This paper describes the common (mis)reading of Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca as upholding Victorian patriarchal values and attempts to demonstrate that the novel is indeed feminist and acts as a critique and subversion of those patriarchal standards; it then examines the film and stage adaptations of Rebecca, demonstrating via comparison to the original medium that feminism has begun to affect other cultural interpretations and depictions of the narrator, Mrs. Danvers, and Rebecca herself.
https://research.library.kutztown.edu/compconf/2019/Schedule/59
Comments
Ms. Koller's paper was part of the panel discussion "Fiction and Gender"