English literature summary
e.
shaping
a
text’s
meaning
in
reference
to
other
texts;
often
the
elements
do
not
match
well.
Shadow
Dance
–
woman
in
a
male
dominated
world.
Travelled
to
Japan,
experienced
being
the
cultural
“other”.
Geisha
culture
and
Kabuki
theatre
–
gender
becomes
undistinguishable;
the
construction
of
femininity
has
been
created
by
men
and
patriarchy.
Postmodernist
characteristics,
e.g.
blurring
the
lines
between
tale
and
story:
a
tale
is
something
imagined
and
improbable,
based
on
myth,
often
stylized
and
removed
from