Questioning Questioning Gender Violence and Foucault’s Post-Structural Subjectivity and Foucault’s Post-Structural Subjectivity in Margaret Atwood’s Lady Oracle

Section: Research Paper
Published
Jun 24, 2025
Pages
117-138

Abstract

This research challenges gender violence; therefore, it is going to discuss Rosanne Kennedy's (2002) and Chris Weedon's (1995) arguments on the term Patriarchy in the gothic fiction of Margaret Atwoods Lady Oracle (1976). Thus, in order to understand patriarchal relations and gender violence in Lady Oracle, this research is going to discover the main definitions and characteristics of the gothic assigned by Fred Botting (1996), Gina Wisker (2005) and Helene Meyers (2001). However, depending on Sara Mills (1995), Teun A. Van Dijks (2003) and Michelle M. Lazar's (2007) critical modules, this research provides ways to unfold patriarchal relations and resist gender violence in Lady Oracle. Thus, this research questions the role of violence in shaping Michel Foucaults Post-Structural Subjectivity within Atwoods Lady Oracle. It concludes that Gothic Fiction can be women's revolution to express their reaction and resistance to gender violence to maintain or disregard their subjectivity and role in society.

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Al-Hassani, H., & هدى. (2025). Questioning Questioning Gender Violence and Foucault’s Post-Structural Subjectivity and Foucault’s Post-Structural Subjectivity in Margaret Atwood’s Lady Oracle. Adab Al-Rafidayn, 48(73), 117–138. https://doi.org/10.33899/radab.1970.164723