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the female non-existent voice
anon
summary:this poem discusses womans non recognition throughout history.The woman is called 'anon' humourously ; anonymity is her name.The poem presents the idea that there is a long tradition of female creativity which has been suppressed or ignored
links to the poem beuatiful - outlining famous women in history, none of the names are explicitly mentioned
this poem seems to suggest that women lose their identity and give up their talents by choosing to live a domestic life .- duffy may be suggesting women can achieve both
use of symbolic personification
AO5- Women want 'something more than my husband and my children and my home' - The Feminine Mystique
hypohesizing that women are victims of a false belief system that requires them to find identity and meaning in their lives through their husbands and children. Such a system causes women to completely lose their identity in that of their family
the virgins memo
summary:an imagined list from the virgin mary to jesus,addressing him in his role as co- creator (holy trinity ref).The poem seems to be suggesting that a womans creaation of the universe would be vastly better, but powerless so all she can do is suggest
links to the poem tall in the exploitation,degradation and mistreatment cluster
summary:duffy constructs a world in which an enormously tall woman becomes a deity of sorts.The world she inhabits is bleak and she becomes increasingly isolated.When the woman reaches the stars she realises that there is no heaven or god and her final gesture is to rescue humanity
key themes : misogyny- prejudice and contempt against women// misandry - prejudice and contempt against men
questions posed
drawing attention to the unreliability of the bible - biblicial references to texts/ characters may be done comically/ironic
highlighting how womens voices have been omitted,ignored or lost throughout history
challenging traditional male ideas about the gospel turth - is misandry challenging deep rooted misogny in the bible
concept of her story vs his story ( history)
beautiful
the feminine gospels:
concentration on the female point of view. a celebration of female experience with a strong sense of magic and fairy tales, sometimes also a hint of darkness as it outlines the corrupt nature of governments/ conficts either in the past or currently ongoing
the non- existent voice includes - the virgins memo - anon - white writing - loud
explores the silencing and marginalization of women throughout history and the struggle to reclaim their voices, highlight the importance of women speaking out for their own cause, rejecting and resenting the suppression of female voices.
themes : collective voice, individual agency,historical silencing and modern relevance
duffys style in the feminine gospels
' ecriture feminine' - lack of female voice can be percieved in 'anon'
duffy writes in everyday,conversational language, - her poems appear to be deceptively simple
frequent use of the dramatic monologue in her exploration of different voices and different identities - also uses the sonnet form
both serious and humourous - micheiveaous and playful style - plays with words as she explores the way in which meaning and reality and contrusted through language