116 KB0 KB200420252020Vukelić, Aleksandraštevilka:1letnik:17str. 29-40ISSN:1581-8918COBISSID_HOST:22279683URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-N1PPZ3LNenZnanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v LjubljaniELOPE (Ljubljana)Atwood, Margaretmemoryoppressionotheringpodrugačenjepostavitev na nogerecoveryresistancespominuporzatiranjeOthering, resistance and recovery in Margaret Atwood's Cat's Eye|This paper deals with Margaret Atwood's novel Cat's Eye and its depiction of alienation, victimization and recovery in the life of its protagonist, Elaine Risley. Highlighting Elaine's sense of displacement and her feelings of fellowship with minority figures, the paper provides insights into these processes by relying on postcolonial theories of othering and cultural resistance. It first explores how Elaine is bullied, marginalized and alienated when the cultural and social differences of a new environment make her a target for allegations of abnormality. The focus then shifts to Elaine's development and maturation as a form of recovery, as well as to the roles that art, memory and compassion play in this process. Ultimately, the paper concludes that Cat's Eye depicts both an instance of othering and the heroine's struggle to reverse it. However, even for Elaine, a member of the white middle class, such a reversal remains inevitably incompletePrispevek obravnava roman Mačje oko Margaret Atwood in opis alienacije, viktimizacije in ponovnega postavljanja na noge njene osrednje junakinje, Elaine Risley. V ospredju je Elainin občutek nepripadnosti in sočutje do obrobnih figur, ki sta predstavljena s postkolonialnimi teorijami podrugačenja in kulturnega upora. V prispevku so uvodoma opisani načini trpinčenja, marginalizacije in alienacije, ko Elaine zaradi kulturnih in socialnih razlik v novem okolju postane tarča očitkov o nenormalnosti. Pozornost se nato preusmeri na Elainin razvoj in dozorevanje kot obliko postavljanja na noge, prav tako je predstavljena vloga umetnosti, spomina in sočutja v tem procesu. Prispevek se sklene z ugotovitvijo, da Mačje oko opisuje primer podrugačenja in nemoč osrednje protagonistke, da bi obrnila tok dogajanja. Vendar se celo za Elaine, belopolto pripadnico srednjega razreda, tak zasuk zdi neizogibno nepopolnTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaUniverza v Ljubljani, Filozofska fakulteta, Znanstvena založba