Article Title
The Illusion of Control: Narrative Authority in Robin McKinley's Beauty and The Blue Sword
Abstract
Examines the narrative structure of Beauty and The Blue Sword in terms of Ganette’s distinction between mimetic authority and diegetic authority. Notes that both protagonists have little control over events and once their function is served, the patriarchal character of their world persists.
Recommended Citation
Cadden, Michael
(1994)
"The Illusion of Control: Narrative Authority in Robin McKinley's Beauty and The Blue Sword,"
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 20
:
No.
2
, Article 3.
Available at:
https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol20/iss2/3
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