Questioning gender violence and Foucault’s post-structural subjectivity in Margaret Atwood’s lady oracle

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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 Atwood’s 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 Dijk’s (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 Foucault’s Post-Structural Subjectivity within Atwood’s 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.