The female avenger : violence, absurdity, and black humour In Roald Dahl's short stories
Other Title(s)
المرأة المنتقمة : العنف، العبثية و الكوميديا السوداء في قصص قصيرة مختارة ل رولد دال
Author
Source
Journal of the College of Education for Women
Issue
Vol. 27, Issue 3 (30 Sep. 2016), pp.1170-1183, 14 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad College of Education for Women
Publication Date
2016-09-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Topics
- United Kingdom
- Twentieth century
- Literature
- Literary criticism
- Short stories
- Novelists
- Dahl, Roald, 1916-1990
Abstract EN
Roald Dhal's is a prominent British short story writer who presented a fictional world full of contradictions and ironies.
It is also full of double meanings where things are not what they appear to be and where meaninglessness is a prominent component.
Dahl's world is also colored with blackness and grotesqueness; full of comedy that makes you shiver instead of laugh and characters who invite a sneak peek into a different side, a dark side of human nature.
Dahl's themes are various and gripping but usually revolve around the triangle that frames his fiction: violence, humour, and absurdity.
What seems to be a prominent and recurrent theme that intersects with every element in this triangle is revenge.
In one story after another Dahl presents models of avengers.
His female avenger is an image of a woman who is fixated on her revenge and who succeeds in her deeds regardless of the means she uses to exact her revenge.
The female avenger in Dahl's short stories is a character who is ruthless and cunning in carrying out revenge against the male character, yet her action is often unexpected and shocking.
This paper will address three of Dahl's stories that illustrate clear examples of female avengers.
The discussion of selected short stories of Dahl will elaborate on the positioning of the female avenger in the midst of his recipe of black humour, absurdity, and violence
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jabir, Maysa Husam. 2016. The female avenger : violence, absurdity, and black humour In Roald Dahl's short stories. Journal of the College of Education for Women،Vol. 27, no. 3, pp.1170-1183.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-702178
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Jabir, Maysa Husam. The female avenger : violence, absurdity, and black humour In Roald Dahl's short stories. Journal of the College of Education for Women Vol. 27, no. 3 (2016), pp.1170-1183.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-702178
American Medical Association (AMA)
Jabir, Maysa Husam. The female avenger : violence, absurdity, and black humour In Roald Dahl's short stories. Journal of the College of Education for Women. 2016. Vol. 27, no. 3, pp.1170-1183.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-702178
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Text in English ; abstracts in English and Arabic.
Record ID
BIM-702178