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escritoireazul ([personal profile] escritoireazul) wrote2005-03-28 10:28 pm

fandom meta: literary theory in "Goblin Market"

Man, I wish my textbooks were unpacked. A random statement in [livejournal.com profile] fox1013's journal has led to brief comment conversations about the interpretations of "Goblin Market".

Back when I was at university, I pushed the discussion into the lesbian incest conversation because no one else would admit that redemption involved sisterhood, both literal and figurative, and the healing qualities of woman-love and, in a longer stretch, self-love, with the sisters as two sides of self. I was applauded by the professor for porning up the discussion. She was fairly feminist, though, and we'd often torment the rest of the class.

On a side note, it disappointed me when no one in my literature classes would speak up and debate with me. It felt like high school all over again, when I was the only one to give my opinion and tread the boundaries of "normal".

I even wrote a poem, mock lambasting the teaching of "Goblin Market" and the power of female sexuality, especially that shared with another woman.

I miss literary theory. I really do.

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