TY - JOUR
T1 - (Re)Writing mary sue
T2 - Écriture feminine and the performance of subjectivity
AU - Bonnstetter, Beth E.
AU - Ott, Brian L.
PY - 2011/10
Y1 - 2011/10
N2 - This essay undertakes a critical re-assessment of Mary Sue fan fictiona popular genre of fan writing in which (typically) female authors insert themselves as primary characters into the universe of a beloved media text. Despite being denigrated by scholars and fans alike, this essay contends that Mary Sue fan fictionas an instance of ecriture femininechallenges the patriarchal economy of writing. It does so by allowing women to write their own desires, deconstructing the Author-God function, and utilizing poetic language. The essay rhetorically enacts its argument by employing a performative, narrative, fragmentary, intertextual style that invites readers to actively coproduce rather than to passively consume the essay.
AB - This essay undertakes a critical re-assessment of Mary Sue fan fictiona popular genre of fan writing in which (typically) female authors insert themselves as primary characters into the universe of a beloved media text. Despite being denigrated by scholars and fans alike, this essay contends that Mary Sue fan fictionas an instance of ecriture femininechallenges the patriarchal economy of writing. It does so by allowing women to write their own desires, deconstructing the Author-God function, and utilizing poetic language. The essay rhetorically enacts its argument by employing a performative, narrative, fragmentary, intertextual style that invites readers to actively coproduce rather than to passively consume the essay.
KW - Cixous
KW - Ecriture Feminine
KW - Fan Fiction
KW - Mary Sue
KW - Performative Writing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80052858056&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10462937.2011.602706
DO - 10.1080/10462937.2011.602706
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:80052858056
VL - 31
SP - 342
EP - 367
JO - Text and Performance Quarterly
JF - Text and Performance Quarterly
SN - 1046-2937
IS - 4
ER -