The Spectacle of Resistance: Transgression of Woman and the Policing of Desire in Doris Lessing’s “A Woman on a Roof” And John Fowles’s <i>The French Lieutenant’s Woman</i>

There are so many female characters in fiction whose existence challenges, disrupts, and resists the narratives constructed by patriarchal authority. These characters that are often presented as my...

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Women s Studies
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2026-08-17
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https://doi.org/10.1080/00497878.2026.2716223
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Contemporary Literature and Criticism
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The Spectacle of Resistance: Transgression of Woman and the Policing of Desire in Doris Lessing’s “A Woman on a Roof” And John Fowles’s The French Lieutenant’s Woman

İ̇smet Toksöz
Women s Studies
Contemporary Literature and Criticism
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The Spectacle of Resistance: Transgression of Woman and the Policing of Desire in Doris Lessing’s “A Woman on a Roof” And John Fowles’s The French Lieutenant’s Woman

İ̇smet Toksöz
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There are so many female characters in fiction whose existence challenges, disrupts, and resists the narratives constructed by patriarchal authority. These characters that are often presented as my...

Women s Studies
Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University (TR)
Gender equality
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Contemporary Literature and Criticism
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The Spectacle of Resistance: Transgression of Woman and the Policing of Desire in Doris Lessing’s “A Woman on a Roof” And John Fowles’s <i>The French Lieutenant’s Woman</i> — İ̇smet Toksöz · Women s Studies (2026) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS