Essays about: "George Eliot"

Found 4 essays containing the words George Eliot.

  1. 1. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland : A Feminist Bildungsroman

    University essay from Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Christoffer Forss; [2013]
    Keywords : Alice s Adventures in Wonderland; Lewis Carroll; Charles Dodgson; Bildungsroman; Feminism; Feminist; English; Fiction; Literature;

    Abstract : This thesis has two aims. The first one is to elucidate how Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) functions as a Bildungsroman, and the other one is to demonstrate how the novel also has a coming of age aspect based on feminism. READ MORE

  3. 2. More than siblings? : A study of the incestuous relationship between Maggie and Tom in George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss

    University essay from Ämnesavdelningen för svenska språket och engelska

    Author : Mirza Pejcinovic; [2009]
    Keywords : George Eliot; Incest; Maggie Tulliver; Siblings; The Mill on the Floss; Tom Tulliver;

    Abstract : Because of the many similarities between the life of George Eliot and the lives of Maggie and Tom Tulliver in The Mill on The Floss, Eliot’s novel has been understood as an autobiographical novel. The aim of the essay is to, by using a psychoanalytical perspective, examine if the fictional characters could be said to be engaged in an incestuous relationship even though they do not engage in a sexual relationship. READ MORE

  4. 3. Maggie's Embodiment of the Roma Stereotype in The Mill on the Floss

    University essay from Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Jenny Hemdahl; [2009]
    Keywords : George Eliot; The Mill on the Floss; Maggie; the Roma; Embodiment of Stereotype;

    Abstract : This essay focuses on Maggie in The Mill on the Floss, by George Eliot. An examination of her life is presented which is anchored in feminist critical theory and focuses on the ordeal Maggie has to endure in a patriarchal society. Furthermore, the life of the Roma is examined through postcolonial theory and compared to Maggie’s. READ MORE

  5. 4. A "Toy-Box History" or "Rivers of Knowledge" : A Study of Female Intellectuality in George Eliot's Middlemarch and Dorothy L. Sayers' Gaudy Night

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Mette Sjölin; [2008]
    Keywords : Eliot; George; Sayers; Dorothy L.; Victorian novels; viktorianska romaner; detective novels; detektivromaner; intellectuality; women; fiction; intellektualitet; kvinnor; fiktion; English language and literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is to examine in what ways fiction is used as a forum for discussing female intellectuality in George Eliot's Middlemarch and Dorothy L. Sayers' Gaudy Night. READ MORE