Vprašanje heteronormativnosti in prikrite homoerotike v dveh delih Virginie Woolf

Vidmar, Andreja (avtor), Širca, Alen Albin (mentor)

Diplomsko delo razpravlja o pojavu heteronormativnosti ter homoerotike in njunih manifestacij v romanu Orlando in kratki zgodbi »Slater's Pins Have No Points« angleške pisateljice Virginie Woolf. Woolf je dandanes znana kot ena izmed najbolj proaktivnih lezbično-feminističnih pisateljic, ni pa vedno bilo tako. Bralska recepcija se posodablja v skladu s tekočimi družbenimi normami, kar pomeni drugačen način branja zgodb. Tu se pojavijo mnoga vprašanja o načinih naracije, ki jih je Woolf uporabljala, da bi se izognila cenzuri, kako je homoerotiko zakrivala, nenazadnje tudi, zakaj se je potemtakem odločila za sprejetje heteronormativnosti, ko je ostajala v zakonski zvezi z moškim. Do katere mere je avtobiografskost vnesla v svoji deli, kaj nam s tem skuša sporočiti in komu je tako branje namenjeno? Vprašanje raziskujemo skozi glavna junaka njenih zgodb – Orlanda in Fanny – ki skozi zgodbi doživita duhovno preobrazbo. Orlando tako preizprašuje spol in spolno identiteto, Fanny pa spolnost in pričakovanja, ki so na slednjo vezana.

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: lezbična književnost, spolna identiteta, heteronormativnost, Virginia Woolf.
• Vrsta gradiva: Diplomsko delo/naloga
• Organizacija: FF - Filozofska fakulteta
• Leto izida: 2024
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-162961
• COBISS.SI-ID: 209476867
• Datum objave v RUL: 30.09.2024

VIDMAR, Andreja, 2024, Vprašanje heteronormativnosti in prikrite homoerotike v dveh delih Virginie Woolf [na spletu]. Diplomsko delo. [Dostopano 3 maj 2025]. Pridobljeno s: https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=slv&id=162961

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Naslov: The Question of Heteronormativity and Covert Homoeroticism in two of Virginia Woolf's works

Izvleček

This thesis explores the phenomena and the manifestation of heteronormativity and compulsory heterosexuality in the novel Orlando and short story “Slater’s Pins Have No Points”, written by the English writer Virginia Woolf. Woolf is known today as one of the most proactive lesbian-feminist authors, but this was not always the case. The reader reception keeps changing based on contemporary societal norms, which dictate a different reading of stories. Here we are faced with many questions about the ways of narration that Woolf used in order to avoid getting her works censored, how she masked homoeroticism, why she accepted heteronormativity by staying married to a man. To what degree are the works autobiographical, what is she trying to say by doing so, and who this type of reading is meant for. We explore this through the main characters of the works – Orlando and Fanny – who reach a spiritual awakening through the course of their stories. Orlando then is contemplating and exploring his gender, and Fanny questions her sexuality and the expectations that come with it.

• Ključne besede: lesbian literature, heteronormativity, gender identity, Virginia Woolf.