Brenda Beckman-Long’s Genre and Gender: Autobiography and Self-Representation in The Diviners, analyzes and dissects the way Margaret Laurence creates female characters challenging patriarchal norms relating to gender by using textual structure in her novel The Diviners. To sum the text up Beckman-Long argues that Laurence uses specific vocab to depict the oppression a strong female character feels when challenging gender beliefs in a certain time period.
An inner monologue told from the subjective point of view of the complex main character Morag who depicts both past and present events allows for Laurence to draw a connection between thought and speech. Showing how women's self-expression is suppressed by male dominance. While using Morag's
An inner monologue told from the subjective point of view of the complex main character Morag who depicts both past and present events allows for Laurence to draw a connection between thought and speech. Showing how women's self-expression is suppressed by male dominance. While using Morag's