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Feminism 3: Language and Body

Feminism 3: Language and Body. 〈 安卓珍妮 〉 “Spelling,” Poems by 夏宇. Outline. 〈 安卓珍妮 〉 Body and Language: “ Spelling ” Duality or parody: 夏宇 Discourse on the Logic of Language . 〈 安卓珍妮 〉︰ 情節. 1. 安卓珍尼 2. 女主角的追尋. Ref: http://ceiba.cc.ntu.edu.tw/01039/board/2000/g9/r4/mainanalysis.html.

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Feminism 3: Language and Body

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  1. Feminism 3: Language and Body 〈安卓珍妮〉 “Spelling,” Poems by 夏宇

  2. Outline • 〈安卓珍妮〉 • Body and Language: “Spelling” • Duality or parody:夏宇 • Discourse on the Logic of Language

  3. 〈安卓珍妮〉︰情節 • 1. 安卓珍尼 • 2.女主角的追尋 Ref: http://ceiba.cc.ntu.edu.tw/01039/board/2000/g9/r4/mainanalysis.html

  4. Starting Questions • What does安卓珍尼 represent in this story? (Note: lizard) What about 洋紫荊? (lizard) • How is the female protagonist characterized? Is she a nature lover? • What does she need and quest for? • In the story there are several sets of binaries; for instance, nature vs. city/civilization, women vs. men,

  5. 安卓珍尼 • Categorization: 背鬣（ㄌㄧㄝ 、） • Different interpretations: 『 費文與莫娃表面上在進行學術上的爭論，其實表現著父權社會結構中關於性別論述的權力之爭。費文認為：「單一物種乃不正常和次等的雜交種」 而莫娃則提出：「雄性班尾毛蜥是在進化的過程中漸次滅絕」的雄性滅絕論。』(http://ceiba.cc.ntu.edu.tw/01039/board/2000/g9/r4/manwoman.html ) • “She” and feminine writing (pp. 75)

  6. “I” and the other characters (1) • Husband; --domineering and protective pp. 31-32 (note); calm and analytical 60-61 • Man – “I” switching from feeling superior (24), to a mixture of defensiveness and expectation (25; 30), of rejecting him (29) and dominating him by words(46), to the desire to win over him and to depend on him. (e.g. 51)  torture him, sex and conquer p. 55

  7. “I” and the other characters (2) • “I” and 安文 –opposite to each other • 安文 does not like to live in wild nature (pp. 13-14) • Typically ‘feminine’ (17-18); • Regular and predictable (21) 男人 • Represents language & civilization (傳真機 26) 男人

  8. “I” and the other characters (2) • The grandfather and professor Kang: • The grandfather – pp. 14, 15, 18, 25, 33-34 sharing their love of nature, curiosity about ‘original identity’ (of Hong Kong, or of women); • Professor Kang – admiration (34) and love (44)

  9. “I”: Sense of Self and 安卓珍尼 • Wants to communicate with her; • Her sense of self: • Curious about her image in the mirror; • Losing words; • Her naked body merges with nature  p. 50 dreams of her • gets to be more dependent on the man; • Fear  power p. 52; • Sense of contradiction p. 60; • Confronting 安卓珍尼 (or the self she quests for) p. 62 ; 66

  10. Androgyny as a Solution? • More power struggle • More sense of guilt p. 69 • Burning up her manuscript •  separation, intention to kill •  suicide; finish writing, expecting birht, vision of female autonomy.

  11. Quest for 安卓珍尼 • The quest is developed through the ‘I’’s relationships with the other characters, which are set in opposition to either the narrator or another person. • I vs. 安文; I vs. the husband; I on the side of the grandfather and prof. Kang • War of sexes: I vs. the man (I vs. prof. Kang); they vs.安卓珍尼; • I +安卓珍尼 + the man vs. 安文, the grandfather. • I +安卓珍尼 vs. the man, the husband, 安文 and the grandfather

  12. 董啟章 • 九四年以〈安卓珍尼〉和〈少年神農〉分別獲得了聯合文學小說新人獎中篇首獎和短篇推薦獎； • 九五年又以〈雙身〉獲得聯合報文學獎長篇小說特別獎

  13. Notes (1): 洋紫荊 • 大約於1880年，一位神父在香港島鋼線灣海邊，發現了一棵開著深紫紅色花朵的樹木。由於在世界各地並沒有發現相同的品種，植物學家於1908年，判定這是新的品種，並以熱愛植物的前港督卜力爵士的姓氏，命名為Bauhinia blakeana (洋紫荊)。 • 由於洋紫荊沒有果實，不能以種子繁殖，只能以扦插法或嫁接法繁殖，所以現時所見到的洋紫荊，都是由神父當年發現的那棵洋紫荊衍生而來的。

  14. 在台灣，洋紫荊則被叫作艷紫荊，反而在台灣所叫的洋紫荊，就是在香港所叫的紅花羊蹄甲 (台灣中央研究院植物所標本館資料)。 (source: http://www.hkedcity.net/iclub_files/a/1/40/webpage/features/24/bauhinia.htm )

  15. Note (2):第二十三對染色體 • 第二十三對染色體（chormosome），是決定性別的染色體，男性的性染色體為XY染色體，女性為XX染色體，經減數分裂後（meiosis）形成X、Y配子，形成之合子如帶有XY染色體，即為男性，XX染色體為女性。 (source: http://www.newton.com.tw/special/special_01/a5-8.html )

  16. Note (3):Copulation & Lizards • 生物學種概念定義種為一個種群體，可以互相交配產生能存活，有生殖力的子代，但不能與異種交配。 • 有些蜥蜴採「孤雌生殖」，能直接以無 性生殖方式產生下一代 • 蜥蜴種類：http://www.nisuma.com/petera/lizards.htm http://www.junglewalk.com/frames.asp • 到底有沒有毛蜥？

  17. Body and Language: “Spelling” • Stanza I: the physical (birthing) vs. the spiritual (writing) • Stanza II: oppression of the physical (bodies which produce babies and words) • Stanza III: turning oppression into expression: language as one’s flesh to body as one’s mouth • Stanza IV: learning a new language

  18. 夏宇 • 腹語術 －－rewriting traditional marriage, giving up marriage for ‘self-sufficiency’ and language • 某些雙人舞 －－ parody and revision of traditional poetry of women’s waiting  waiting becomes a kind of game and dancing.

  19. M. Nourbese Philip “Discourse on the Logic of Writing” • Multiple styles Apparently official documents Orality: rhythmic creole language Parody Re-defining, changing the meanings Combined; search for the mother tongue

  20. Her Styles • asymmetrical patterning of free verse. “Discourse on the Logic of Language” a Collage of  a search for mother (tongue) A critique of medical, scientific discourse & other authorities. a personal statement of one’s linguistic identity and anguish.

  21. mother tongue: connected & disconnected The capitalized part: Connected and nourished physically by the mother’s tongue in the past. What is my mother tongue my mammy tongue my mummy tongue my momsy tongue my modder tongue my ma tongue? I have no mother tongue no mother to tongue no tongue to mother to mother tongue (cannot create tongue to create tongue)

  22. Critique of Authorities (1) • "EDICT I: Every owner of slaves shall, wherever possible, ensure that his slaves belong to as many ethno-linguistic groups as possible. If they cannot speak to each other, they cannot then foment rebellion and revolution" (She Tries 56). •  control the slaves by destroying their language community.

  23. Note: language switch • However, as is becoming evident in more recent Africanist research, ethnic identity in West Africa was fluid and multiple, and people could belong to several different communities, including groups based upon shared language. Certain Africans' ability to language-switch thus served as a site of resistance in the Americas; the aptitude for languages enabled them to avoid slave masters' attempts at complete control of their interactions and experiences.(Anatol)

  24. Critique of Authorities (2) • the theories of Drs. Karl Wernicke and Paul Broca on the parts of the brain responsible for speech and the racist theories of Broca as to the superiority of Caucasians

  25. Critique of Authorities • What are the answers to these multiple choice questions? Which authorities are parodied here? • From critique of male and educational authorities, Eurocentrism, to rejection of being subject to the existing or absent languages.

  26. Reference • A Student Report: http://ccsun57.cc.ntu.edu.tw/~meicl/2000-acrobat/p02.pdf • A Group Report: http://ceiba.cc.ntu.edu.tw/01039/board/2000/g9/r4/index.html

  27. 推薦網站 • 性別論術與台灣小說 http://ceiba.cc.ntu.edu.tw/gender-fiction/ • 近現代文學與文化 http://ceiba3.cc.ntu.edu.tw/course/1e19c1/bball.htm

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