ANNE CARSON’S SUBTLE GENRE IN THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF RED
Dr.P.Malathy MA, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of English,
LRG Government Arts College for Women,
Tirupur, Tamilnadu, India.
E-mail : prof.p.malathy@gmail.com
ABSTRACT — The impeccable ingenuity of Anne Carson with an elite outlook to the Autobiography of Red edifies the subtle genre in the form of a poetic novel with its firm roots in Greek mythology. Carson, a professor cum poet attempts a precocious projection of the protagonist, Geryon, in the Autobiography of Red by which making an appeal to her readers to opine the literary piece to be the autobiography of Geryon. Carson’s intelligence actually, lies in transposing Geryon’s story, however, into the contemporary world, so that
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He lives in Erytheia besides acting as a herder of Eurytion. Geryon's possession of a hound is observed with two heads named Orthrus. When Heracle sails to Eyrtheia to capture the cattle of Geryon as his tenth labour, he attains the golden cup through the sun god's by whom he reaches Erytheia in return. He kills Orthurus in a single blow besides his fight with Geryon in victorious by killing Geryon. In the Autobiography of Red, Carson strikes a good balance between the mythological cruxes described above with supremacy of modern conceptualizing. Carson's fascination for this ancient Greek mythology when observed from her …show more content…
When Anne Carson states,
“These days Geryon was experiencing a pain not felt since childhood. His wings were struggling. They tore against each other on his shoulders like the little mindless red animals they were”, she not only shows the struggle of Geryon but also the fine culmination of the meek human emotions merged with obstinate monster instinct which may not have been an easy achievement for any writer. This contrastive combination of makes this literary piece of Carson stands apart as a distinct literary treasure and has carved a niche for her in Canadian Literature.
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