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V O L . 0 W I N T E R 2 0 2 0 Vol. O Winter 2020 Vol. 0 | Winter 2020 GAUDEAMUS is edited by ASYRAS (Association of Young Researches on Anglophone Studies). Oviedo (Asturias) – Spain EDITORIAL TEAM Editors Sergio López Martínez Laura García Fernández University of Oviedo University of La Rioja Associate Editors Almudena Machado- Paula Schintu Martínez Jiménez University of Salamanca University of Jaén Scientific Committee Alejandra Moreno Álvarez Elena Avanzas Álvarez University of Oviedo University of Oviedo Aroa Orrequia Barea Sara Prieto García- University of Jaén Cañedo University of Alicante Carolina Amador Moreno University of Extremadura Raquel Vea Escarza University of La Rioja Daniel García Velasco University of Oviedo Lourdes López-Ropero University of Alicante Javier Ruano García University of Salamanca Roberto Torre Alonso University of La Rioja Paula García Ramírez University of Jaén Rodrigo Pérez Lorido University of Oviedo Vol. 0 | Winter 2020 Table OF contenTS Foreword .................................................................................................. 5 Articles Making Herstory: A Reading of Miller’s Circe and Atwood’s Penelopiad Ester Díaz Morillo ..................................................................................................... 9 Hope is the New Punk: Politics of Storytelling, Queerness and Marginalized Communities in Becky Chambers’ The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet Beatriz Hermida Ramos ........................................................................................ 27 From Morpheme to Pronoun: The Development of the Separated Genitive in the Early Modern English Period Lara López Lueje ..................................................................................................... 47 The Alternative -our vs. -or in the Outer Varieties of English Worldwide Marta Pacheco-Franco ........................................................................................ 67 Conflicting Female Identities in Old Age: The Representation of Older Women in David Lindsay- Abaire's Ripcord Inesa Shevchenko ................................................................................................. 87 Notes Spanish History and Scenery in Lord Byron's Poems and Letters Ioannes P. Chountis ........................................................................................... 109 Rock Against Racism and Punk. How Music Stood Up Against Racism in the Britain of the 1970s Ylenia Díaz Fernández ......................................................................................... 121 The Enregisterment of the Kailyardist Pathos: a Debate on Linguistic Authenticity and Nationhood in the Literature of Modern Scotland René Tissens ......................................................................................................... 135 Contributors .......................................................................................... 147 Editorial Policy and Author Guidelines ............................................. 151 GAUDEAMUS Journal of the Association of Young Researchers of Anglophone Studies 0 (Winter 2020): 5-6. © The author, 2020 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. FOREWORD Gaudeamus igitur, Iuvenes dum sumus. “Let us rejoice, therefore, While we are young." (Academic Song) AUDEAMUS, the Journal of the Association of Young Researchers on Anglophone Studies (ASYRAS), is the culmination of the Association’s work. Since its G foundation twelve years ago, the publication of a journal had been a pending task in order to fulfil its goal as a means to promote the work of young scholars in English Studies. We are now happy to present this Volume 0, hopefully the first of many to come. GAUDEAMUS is named after the academic song and university anthem, Gaudeamus Igitur, representing the will of young postgraduate students to enjoy their first steps in academia while they start making a difference in a growingly demanding academic world. We are aware of how challenging the beginning of the academic career can be, just as challenging as seeing one’s early work published. That is why GAUDEAMUS appears as a journal where our young scholars can submit their work, helping them to get acquainted with the relevant process while maintaining the higher standards. Numerous thanks are in order. First, to the authors whose overwhelming response made the publication of this volume possible. Not only did we receive enough material to begin this project, but we even decided to launch it as a semi-annual journal, reserving some of the proposals for the upcoming Volume 1. The quality of the manuscripts was outstanding, demonstrating the 5 6 Foreword exceptional depth of the research carried out by our young scholars. We hope that they have learned and grown after experiencing the revising and publishing process, which is ultimately meant to highlight our best accomplishments and to improve and correct our possible mistakes. We cannot forget about the Editorial Team and their selfless effort. As soon as this project started, they tirelessly started working to make it a reality, providing valuable ideas and diligently carrying out their duties so that we could see this journal published in good time and in an appropriate manner. We must also thank both the members of the current Executive Board of ASYRAS and those of the previous one, with Sara, our former President, providing the starting push for this journal. Finally, we need to thank the members of our Scientific Committee, who kindly agreed to be of assistance in the revision of the original manuscripts, belonging to the different areas of English Studies. We are humbled by the successful publishing of GAUDEAMUS, and we hope to be of help in the dissemination of knowledge and research. Once again, thank you. Sergio López Martínez President of ASYRAS and Co-Editor of Gaudeamus GAUDEAMUS. Journal of the Association of Young Researchers of Anglophone Studies. 0 (Winter 2020): 5-6. Articles GAUDEAMUS Journal of the Association of Young Researchers of Anglophone Studies 0 (Winter 2020): 9-25. © The author, 2020 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. MAKING HERSTORY: A READING OF MILLER’S CIRCE AND ATWOOD’S PENELOPIAD Ester Díaz Morillo Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) his article is concerned with herstories and the retelling of myths. For the purpose of the present research, we will analyse Madeline Miller’s Circe and compare it to Margaret T Atwood’s The Penelopiad. North-American author Madeline Miller gives voice to goddess and sorceress Circe, protagonist of this book inhabited by other Homeric characters. For its part, The Penelopiad is a novella written by Canadian author Margaret Atwood in a series of rewritings of myths. In this book, based on the Homeric Odyssey, the focus is turned to Penelope, wife of Odysseus, who tells us her story from the Hades, as well as to her maids, hanged by Telemachus after Odysseus’s return. Both books are, therefore, related to Greek mythology and, more precisely, to Homer’s Odyssey. Both authors aim at retelling those myths through a female perspective, making use of herstory in order to do so. Analysing the novels from the perspective of feminism, we will see how the authors make their revisions of a canonical work in order to give voice to previously silenced voices in history how they present their female characters by calling myths into question, and, therefore, by challenging male authority and patriarchal society. Keywords: herstory; myths; women; Odyssey; feminism 9 10 Ester Díaz Morillo 1. Introduction A quick look at new book releases will let us see the allure mythology still has on us. In that sense, many are the writers who are nowadays aiming at rendering myths more inclusive by changing the perspective from which they are told. Among them we find two works, which are the subJect matter of the present research. Madeline Miller’s novel Circe and Margaret Atwood’s novella The Penelopiad are both focused on the rewriting of myths from the herstory perspective, which is the principal notion behind this research. By analysing the novels from the perspective of feminism, this paper seeks to examine the way in which these authors revise a canonical work with the primary purpose of allowing those who have been silenced throughout history to find their own voice by challenging the patriarchal society that gagged them for so long. After a theoretical introduction into the topic, we will examine how myths and, hence, patriarchal society are called into question by both authors and we will draw comparisons between the main characters in both writings, as well as between other female characters important to their respective plots. This analysis will allow us to see the many similarities found in these works, but also their points of divergence. 2. Theoretical Framework: Feminism and Herstory Women’s Studies and the notion of herstory have gained momentum especially since the 1970s, with the rise of feminist literary theory. Feminism has made the case for the importance of revisionism in literature and history. In the words of Adrienne Rich (1972, 19), “[w]e [females] need to know the writing of the past, and know it differently than we have ever known it; not to pass on a tradition but to break its hold over us.” As such, concepts as herstory have become paramount in this respect, since it is an “act of survival” (Rich 1972, 18) and “[w]oman must write her self:

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