Essays about: "Anne of Green Gables"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Anne of Green Gables.

  1. 1. Gender Performativity and Compulsory Heterosexuality in L.M. Montgomery´s Anne of Green Gables

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Elsa Nilenfors; [2024]
    Keywords : gender; queer;

    Abstract : This essay will demonstrate how the character Anne from Anne of Green Gables is open to multiple interpretations. I specifically look at the character Anne from the perspective of gender and queer theory. Anne can be read as someone who has both feminine and masculine traits. READ MORE

  3. 2. It Will Seem So Nice and Grown-Uppish : An analytical essay on development towards conservative gender roles in the novel Anne of Green Gables

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Lärarutbildningen

    Author : Elena Firozi; [2023]
    Keywords : Gender roles; conformity; separate spheres; bildungsroman; children s and young adult literature; Lucy Montgomery;

    Abstract : In this essay, an analysis of Lucy Montgomery's bildungsroman Anne of Green Gables has been conducted. The story of the protagonist Anne Shirley’s development into adulthood displays many aspects of the gender roles of the twentieth century in Canada as a result of her gendered upbringing. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Angel in the House: Performing to Gender Expectations with Anne Shirley and Hermione Granger

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Emma Wagner; [2023]
    Keywords : adolescent female characters; the Angel in the House; gender performativity; Anne of Green Gables; Hermione Granger;

    Abstract : This essay explores how adolescent girls in two pieces of children’s fiction are portrayed in children’s literature from the start and end of the 20th century to examine how they perform their gender in relation to expectations as informed by the Angel in the House discourse. Anne of Green Gables and the Harry Potter series were published at the start and end of the twentieth century, and both texts engage with the discourse. READ MORE

  5. 4. Ecofeminism in Anne of Green Gables : Giving up the Connection to Nature and Becoming a Proper Lady

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Ida Martinsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Anne of Green Gables; Ecofeminism; Montgomery;

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  6. 5. Staying True to You: Finding the Feminist in Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea and Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Cecilia Bernroth Overton; [2019]
    Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Anne Shirley, the girl and young woman made famous around the world by L. M. Montgomery in the early twentieth century, has been a companion and role model for countless young women. READ MORE