«I didn’t offer to shake hands; no one would shake hands with a Jew»: Escapism and the Ideological Stance in Naomi Novik’s Spinning Silver

Naomi Novik, an American writer of Lithuanian-Polish ascendency, is one of the most acclaimed voices in contemporary young-adult fantasy fiction. Her fantasies are heavily influenced by her cultural heritage, as well as by the fairy tale tradition, which becomes most obvious in her two standalone n...

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Autor principal:	Sara González Bernárdez
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Lenguaje:	EN ES FR IT PT
Publicado:	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2019
Materias:	ideology fantasy the fantastic fairy-tale anti-Semitism gender. General Works A
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1137a0e4cdea4c6daeaa1f55facd68772021-11-26T12:43:20Z«I didn’t offer to shake hands; no one would shake hands with a Jew»: Escapism and the Ideological Stance in Naomi Novik’s Spinning Silver10.5565/rev/brumal.6062014-7910https://doaj.org/article/1137a0e4cdea4c6daeaa1f55facd68772019-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/brumal/article/view/606https://doaj.org/toc/2014-7910 Naomi Novik, an American writer of Lithuanian-Polish ascendency, is one of the most acclaimed voices in contemporary young-adult fantasy fiction. Her fantasies are heavily influenced by her cultural heritage, as well as by the fairy tale tradition, which becomes most obvious in her two standalone novels, Uprooted and the subject of this essay, Spinning Silver. As the quote chosen for this essay’s title demonstrates, Novik’s second standalone work constitutes one of the most obvious outward statements of an ideological stance as expressed within fantasy literature, as well as an example of what Jack Zipes (2006) called transfiguration: the rewriting and reworking of traditional tales in order to convey a different, more subversive message. This paper considers how Novik’s retelling takes advantage of traditional fairy-tale elements to create an implicit critique of gender-based oppression, while at the same time, and much more overtly, denouncing racial and religious prejudice. The ideological stance thus conveyed is shown to be intended to have consequences for the reader and the world outside of the fiction. Sara González BernárdezUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelonaarticleideologyfantasythe fantasticfairy-taleanti-Semitismgender.General WorksAENESFRITPTBrumal: Revista de Investigación sobre lo Fantástico, Vol 7, Iss 2 (2019)
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description	Naomi Novik, an American writer of Lithuanian-Polish ascendency, is one of the most acclaimed voices in contemporary young-adult fantasy fiction. Her fantasies are heavily influenced by her cultural heritage, as well as by the fairy tale tradition, which becomes most obvious in her two standalone novels, Uprooted and the subject of this essay, Spinning Silver. As the quote chosen for this essay’s title demonstrates, Novik’s second standalone work constitutes one of the most obvious outward statements of an ideological stance as expressed within fantasy literature, as well as an example of what Jack Zipes (2006) called transfiguration: the rewriting and reworking of traditional tales in order to convey a different, more subversive message. This paper considers how Novik’s retelling takes advantage of traditional fairy-tale elements to create an implicit critique of gender-based oppression, while at the same time, and much more overtly, denouncing racial and religious prejudice. The ideological stance thus conveyed is shown to be intended to have consequences for the reader and the world outside of the fiction.
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«I didn’t offer to shake hands; no one would shake hands with a Jew»: Escapism and the Ideological Stance in Naomi Novik’s Spinning Silver

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