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Abstract
This thesis highlights both feminist revisionism of art history and feminist narrating strategies in Leonardo’s Swans (2006) and Stealing Athena (2008). It is divided into an introduction, three chapters, and a conclusion. Chapter One reviews the theoretical framework employed in the thesis. Each of the two sequential chapters deliberates the impact of women on art according to the author’s viewpoint and amalgamates the feminist approaches by using narratological studies to highlight the distinct process which Essex follows in order to revise art history. Chapter One discusses three main aspects: feminist revisionism of the history of art, the narrative strategies which are employed to empower women and an introduction to the historical characters and the Greek myths used in the two novels. Chapter Two explores how Essex used feminist narrative strategies to revise art history and present a different account from that of traditional narratives in the light of the studies of narratology theorists. Chapter Three discusses Karen Essex’s revision of Greek Mythology. Her annotations reveal the developments of these women’s characters and highlights the stages and experiences which they went through in their lives. It also detects the influence of those women on great artists. Leonardo’s Swans and Stealing Athena discuss the relation between art, power and women, referring to the female aspect in Greek mythology, leaving a strong impression on the recipient.