On Having Given  her the Voice in The Penelopiad : Re-Visiting the Myth of Penelope in Homer's Odyssey

Prof. V. Nirmala

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i06.32062

On Having Given her the Voice in The Penelopiad : Re-Visiting the Myth of Penelope in Homer's Odyssey

Author(s)	Prof. V. Nirmala
Country	India
Abstract	The Penelopiad is a novella by Margaret Atwood. It was published in 2005 as part of the first set of books in the ‘Canongate Myth Series’ where contemporary authors rewrite the ancient myths. The book was translated in to 28 languages and released simultaneously around the world by 33 publishers. For Atwood, such ancient myths can still tell us living truths. "They function", she argues, as “a big map of the psyche, they are a big map of the human-ness of human beings and they layout in the various bits of themselves the full range of human desires and fears - which are in fact what drive the world. It certainly isn’t reason or logic. It is desire and fear and that’s true of even the most supposedly real of things: the stock market”. This paper intends to bring out the story of Penelope from her point of view as Atwood gives her voice to speak out which was not given in the original classic myth, Homer’s Odyssey, as it was narrated from the perspective of the male author. In this novella it can be seen how Atwood makes Penelope to speak her heart out to emphasize the plight and agony of women which had been suppressed for centuries together in the name of patriarchy.
Keywords	Myth, classic, patriarchy, oppression, re-telling, plight, anguish, female perspective..
Field	Arts
Published In	Volume 6, Issue 6, November-December 2024
Published On	2024-11-30
Cite This	On Having Given her the Voice in The Penelopiad : Re-Visiting the Myth of Penelope in Homer's Odyssey - Prof. V. Nirmala - IJFMR Volume 6, Issue 6, November-December 2024. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i06.32062
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i06.32062
Short DOI	https://doi.org/g8sg44

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