Femininity In Literature

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MARGIT SANDEMO’S CONTRIBUTION TO WOMEN’S WRITING
In the history of literature, motif of femininity had always played a significant role, starting from old pagan tales, biblical parables, through medieval stories about princesses in castles, ending on modern literature. However, it always portrayed only a piece of womanhood – feminine figure was often a mother, patroness, a loyal company for man. As seen mainly in poetry, woman was a lover, an object of desire. All this schemes seen in previous literature was not a full representation of femininity, which was caused by lack of female writers. As we can read in Hélène Cixous 1976 work “The laugh of the Medusa” that woman must write herself: must write about woman and bring woman to writing. …show more content…

Moreover, she managed to include a very part of herself in her books, for instance her worldview, supernatural themes but also personal experiences such as rape. She had an uncanny strength to share her brutal encounter of dark and violent part of life in case of support for her readers. That is the real purpose in women’s writing, to provide help and support for women, but also great encouragement. Many women, were extremely touched by how relatable her works are and they shared their admiration for her creation.
There are a couple of strong, independent female characters pictured in “The Legend of Ice People”. Margit, using woman on her writing showed us a story of womanhood through the ages, where being a woman was a constant battle with inequality, harassment and supremacy of man. But this can be not only a history of empowering of woman, but also can be seen as a spiritual journey that every woman must face in her life, to understand the essence of femininity. A good example of brave female figure is the first woman we meet in the first part of the series –

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