Primerjalno feministično branje romanov Na površje Margaret Atwood in Vegetarijanka Han Kang
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3986/pkn.v48.i1.09Ključne besede:
kanadska književnost, korejska književnost, Atwood, Margaret: Na površje, Han, Kang: Vegetarijanka, ženski liki, literarna metamorfoza, mesojedstvoPovzetek
Razprava primerjalno obravnava romana Na površje Margaret Atwood in Vegetarijanka Han Kang, pri čemer raziskuje podrejeni položaj žensk in živali, medicinsko znanost in vizualno tehnologijo pod nadzorom moških ter mitično preobrazbo žensk. Fikcijska svetova, v katerih živita glavni junakinji romanov, sta dosledno patriarhalna: prvoosebna junakinja v romanu Na površje prestane prisilni splav, medtem ko junakinjo Vegetarijanke Yeong-hye avtoritarni oče prisilno hrani z mesom. Oba pripovedna loka oblikuje junakinjino spoznanje o njeni lastni vlogi v nasilju: prvoosebna junakinja sprevidi, da je proti svoji volji pristala na splav, Yeong-hye pa se čuti odgovorno, ker je jedla meso psa, ki ga je ubil njen oče. Njuni zgodbi se različno razpleteta – prvoosebna junakinja se odloči, da bo znova zanosila, medtem ko se Yeong-hye odreče svojemu življenju in neha jesti –, saj prva junakinja sledi svojim prepričanjem glede življenja in preživetja, druga pa stališču, da je prehranjevanje ubijanje. Primerjana romana raziskujeta legitimnost trditev o nedolžnosti, meje skrbi in možnosti preseganja vloge žrtve ter se medsebojno dopolnjujeta, pri čemer lahko prek njiju dobimo vpogled tudi v vprašanje nezaključenosti, ki prevladuje v ženski literaturi, in v feministično sporočilo ženskih romanov o duhovnem iskanju.
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