Mythology gives shape to experience and provides a framework in
which to locate oneself. However, women, in classical mythology,
were either denied a representation and, thus, a history and
genealogy, or they were portrayed ambiguously, making it difficult
for women to find their own identity. Katrin M. Fennesz focuses on
the representation of women in novels by the Canadian author Aritha
van Herk and analyzes how she transports women's fictional lives
into our postmodern world by using and abusing classical, biblical,
and indigenous mythology. Ultimately, she demonstrates that van
Herk succeeds in creating a new mythology by digging deep to
discover women's original strengths and powers. In the end,
mythological characters are given new life, women a voice, the
landscape is granted its own identity, and the city of Calgary its
own face. This study is aimed at students and scholars in the field
of Canadian Literary Studies.
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