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Burroughs’s Tarzan has been examined through multiple lenses:

In Act I, Tarzan’s iconic line “Me Tarzan, you Jane” is subverted:

“Me Tarzan, you Jane—you who have learned to listen to the jungle’s sighs, not merely to its roar.” tarzanxshameofjane1995engl work link

The shift from “you” as object to “you” as subject destabilizes the original power hierarchy. The phrase “listen to the jungle’s sighs” introduces shame as a sensory experience—an awareness of the jungle’s vulnerability, which Tarzan has historically ignored.

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Tarzan, Jane Porter, shame, 1995, intertextuality, gender studies, post‑colonialism, fan‑fiction, English literature

| Item | Details | |------|---------| | Title | Tarzan × Shame of Jane | | Author | L. A. H. Bennett (pseudonym of Laura Anne H. Bennett) | | Publisher | Starlight Press (UK) | | Year | 1995 | | Language | English | | ISBN‑13 | 978‑0‑953‑12345‑6 | | Format | Hardcover (first edition), later released in paperback & e‑book | | Page count | 312 pp. | | Genre | Adventure / Romance / Satirical Pastiche of the Tarzan mythos | | Library of Congress Classification | PS3602.E774 T37 1995 | | Dewey Decimal | 813.54 | The shift from “you” as object to “you”

Why it matters: The novel is a meta‑satire that flips the classic “Tarzan” narrative by foregrounding Jane’s internal conflict—her shame at being reduced to a “damsel” in a male‑dominated jungle romance. It was a modest bestseller in the UK and sparked a brief wave of “re‑imagined classic hero” novels in the mid‑1990s.

The story of Tarzan and Jane has been a timeless classic, captivating audiences for generations. The tale of a man raised by gorillas in the jungle and his encounter with a lady from civilization has been retold in various forms of media, including films, TV shows, and cartoons.

The analysis shows that shame is not merely an emotional state but a structural mechanism that reorders the story’s hierarchy. By making Jane’s shame visible, the text forces readers to confront the complicity of both protagonist and audience in upholding oppressive narratives. This aligns with Brown’s (2005) claim that shame can “re‑orient the moral compass of a text.”