Sue the Patriarchy: Analysing the “Mary Sue” Trope and Its Many Problems
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Sue the Patriarchy: Analysing the “Mary Sue” Trope and Its Many ProblemsAutor(es)
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Clark, David M.Data
2023Centro/Dpto/Entidade
Universidade da Coruña. Facultade de FiloloxíaDescrición
Traballo fin de mestrado (UDC.FIL). Estudos ingleses avanzados e as súas aplicacións. Curso 2022/2023Resumo
[Abstract] As women have slowly but surely inserted themselves within traditionally male
fields, problems regarding their contributions have repeatedly arisen in patriarchal
attempts to boycott their efforts. The literary world is not an exception, since women
writers continue to face endless criticism whose sole function is to undermine not only
their works but their very will to produce. Such is the case of the Mary Sue, who was
born as a character pertaining to the fan fiction realm but expanded past its beginnings
and permeated the literary field as a trope. The original Mary Sue was created by a woman
and propagated into original works of fiction by other women because of her success;
nonetheless, the patriarchy condemned the trope of the Mary Sue and ultimately thwarted
it so that it became yet another instrument of misogynistic criticism. For that reason, this
paper intends to highlight the feminism behind the original Mary Sue and to prevent its
bigoted use by exploring its history and illustrating how the patriarchy is at fault for its
demise.
Palabras chave
Mary Sue
Women writers
Feminism
Fan fiction
Patriarchy
Literature
Women writers
Feminism
Fan fiction
Patriarchy
Literature
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