Female writers in 1970s were often in the position of defining themselves against a dominant male culture or discourse Faced with a strong patriarchal ideology, Rich often turned to irony to contest the strength of the dominant culture She subverts it...
Female writers in 1970s were often in the position of defining themselves against a dominant male culture or discourse Faced with a strong patriarchal ideology, Rich often turned to irony to contest the strength of the dominant culture She subverts it through ironic strategies of exaggeration, understatement, ambiguity, or contradiction Irony is a product of Rich's response to marginalization Working on Wilson/Sperber(1992), Martin(1992), and Giora(in press), this paper tries to explain how Rich uses ironies as a writing strategy whereby she speaks about feminine rage, despair, and perspectives (Ewha Womans University)