Writing the Silenced Female Body, Scrutinizing the Grand Narrative of Colonization and Decolonization: The Body in Zoë Wicomb’s David’s Story

作     者：SHI Ju-hong LUO Wen-jie 

作者机构：School of Foreign LanguagesLanzhou UniversityLanzhouChina 

基　　金：This work was supported by Humanities and Social Sciences Fund of Ministry of Education of China(No.19XJA7520012020) by National Social Science Fund of China(No.20BWW069) 

出 版 物：《Journal of Literature and Art Studies》 (文学与艺术研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2024年第14卷第7期

页      码：576-583页

摘      要：David’s Story by Zoë Wicomb addresses the complexities of representing female suffering and the limitations of traditional historical narratives in capturing the experiences of marginalized *** challenges the grand narratives of national history by emphasizing the indispensable role of women’s *** characters like Dulcie and Rachael,Wicomb portrays the female body as a site of resistance and resilience,highlighting the need for more nuanced and inclusive ways of documenting *** the inexpressibility of trauma and the limitations of language and representation,the novel self-reflexively acknowledges its own aporia of completing the narrative,embodying the ongoing struggle to capture the full breadth of human experience.

主 题 词：David’s Story silenced female body caution against grand narrative 

学科分类：0502[文学-外国语言文学类] 050201[050201] 05[文学] 

D　O　I：10.17265/2159-5836/2024.07.006

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