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This paper aims to explore Helen Cixous’ postmodernist trends in her formulations of a new form of writing known as ecriture feminine. It attempts to validate the view that Cixous’ “The Laugh of the Medusa” is regarded as the manifesto of postmodern feminism.
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May 14, 2016 · Introduced by Helene Cixous in her essay, The Laugh of the Medusa, ecriture feminine refers to a uniquely feminine style of writing characterised by disruptions in the text, such as gaps, silences, puns, new images and so on.
This paper aims to explore French feminist, Helen Cixous’ revolt against oppressive phallocentric language and patriarchal conventions through her formulation of a new form of writing known as ecriture feminine or feminine writing through her seminal essay “The Laugh of the Medusa”.
Although Cixous, Irigaray, and Kristeva each envision different ways to challenge these structures, they all see a feminine writing practice as providing possibilities to articulate sexual difference in ways not based on hierarchical relations or power structures. As Cixous declares,
Sep 14, 2022 · Writing the present through Cixous’ écriture feminine (as Otomo does) leads to what Sara Ramshaw, in recalling and citing Cixous, describes as ‘transformations of writing’, to transformations of language and world.
Jun 9, 2023 · In this paper, we pick up a lesser known Cixous text, ‘Le Sexe ou la tête?’ that offers an interesting and provocative perspective on the traps associated with being feminine in a...
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Cixous advocates feminine writing to recognize and express the marginalized desires as summarized by Toril Moi “writing said to be feminine” or a “decipherable libidinal femininity, which can be read in writing produced by a male or a female”.