Essays about: "Anna Algotsson"

Found 1 essay containing the words Anna Algotsson.

  1. 1. Transgression and Tradition : Redefining Gender Roles in Elizabeth Gaskell´s North and South

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Anna Algotsson; [2015]
    Keywords : North and South; Elizabeth Gaskell; Victorian women; gender norms; transgression; gender spheres;

    Abstract : This essay argues that Elizabeth Gaskell challenges the limiting gender roles of the Victorian era through giving her heroine, Margaret Hale in North and South, both the traditionally female qualities of virtue and selflessness and the traditionally masculine qualities of independence and action. The essay also argues that Gaskell’s heroine balances between the feminine and the masculine world as to not appear “unwomanly”, but rather subtly influencing the readers and calls for changing gender norms. READ MORE