The Problematic Location of the Text in Nalo Hopkinson’s “Riding the Red” and “Red Rider”
“Red Rider” and “Riding The Red” can be easily traced as texts miming Charles Perrault’s story “Little Red Riding Hood” as revisited by the Grimms. The fact that Nalo Hopkinson felt an urge to write a second version which would be distinctly Caribbean implies that her first version had been unduly r...
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2022
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| Online dostop: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Izvleček: | “Red Rider” and “Riding The Red” can be easily traced as texts miming Charles Perrault’s story “Little Red Riding Hood” as revisited by the Grimms. The fact that Nalo Hopkinson felt an urge to write a second version which would be distinctly Caribbean implies that her first version had been unduly read as Caribbean. A comparison of “Riding the Red” and “Red Rider” will show that Hopkinson’s use of language as well as her preoccupations in terms of gender roles do not differ to the extent of making the two versions radically different. It would seem also that by situating “Red Rider” in 19th century England and “Riding The Red” in Jamaica today, Hopkinson prompts the reader to read the two versions as part of a large global setting. |
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