![]() As such, it highlights Irving's ambivalence in depicting feminist views or characters. The aim of this research is to analyze Irving's feminist perspectives that, as the novel shows, seem to drift from positive (liberal) to negative (radical) feminist perspectives through many feminist characters, from the single mother, nurse, and writer, Jenny Fields to the voiceless and fanatical group of women, whom Irving respectively calls, the Ellen Jamesians. John Irving (1942-) is regarded by critics as a male feminist who arouses much controversy about his view of feminism as pertaining to the masked intention behind the writing of his novel. The novel's main action takes place in the 1940s and continues until the 1980s. The World according to Garp was published in 1987. ![]()
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