Throughout her life, Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) remained deeply involved in religious movements, feminist causes, and the most divisive political and moral issue of her time: the abolition of slavery. From the time she wrote her first and most famous novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, controversy surrounds her portrayal of slavery and gender issues. While it is called a powerfully feminist book and one of the causes of the abolition of slavery, it is harshly criticized by some black and feminist scholars. New historicism’s belief in the mutual constitution of the text and the context justifies the controversy. As the feminist writer consciously tries to undermine the dominant discourse of patriarchy of her time, she is involuntarily and treacherously under the influence of and, to some extent, reinforcing the dominant discourse. This is true regarding the issues of the blacks.
کلید واژگان :New Historicism, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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