Essays about: "Jenny Rothman"

Found 4 essays containing the words Jenny Rothman.

  1. 1. The Perfect Gentleman: Exploring a Development of Masculine Ideals in Jane Austen's Heroes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

    Author : Jenny Rothman; [2011]
    Keywords : Jane Austen; Northanger Abbey; Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Persuasion; hero; heroes; gentleman; gentlemen; Henry Tilney; Edward Ferrars; Colonel Brandon; Mr Darcy; Edmund Bertram; Mr Knightley; Captain Wentworth; eighteenth-century literature; nineteenth-century literature; masculine ideals; chivalry; politeness; chivalrous; chivalric ideal; polite ideal; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The fact that Jane Austen composed and edited her novels during two eventful decades in Britain’s history excites an interest to investigate if this has affected the creation of her characters. This thesis explores whether Austen’s heroes develop in accordance with a shift in masculine ideals that can be discerned around the turn of the nineteenth century. READ MORE

  3. 2. Wicked Gentlemen: A Comparison of Heathcliff in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights and Huntingdon in Anne Brontë’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media; Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Jenny Rothman; [2010]
    Keywords : Heathcliff; nineteenth century; manhood; Brontë; Wuthering Heights; The Tenant of Wildfell Hall; manliness; masculinity; Arthur Huntingdon; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates similarities and differences between Emily Brontë’s Heathcliff and Anne Brontë’s Huntingdon. Moreover, their conduct is compared to eighteenth- and nineteenth-century masculinities. Neither of the two characters corresponds with ideal masculine behaviour. As the novels progress they become increasingly depraved. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Good Little Girl : An essay concerning Anne Shirley's transformation in L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables

    University essay from Sektionen för Lärarutbildning

    Author : Jenny Rothman; [2009]
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  5. 4. Word Associations : Investigating Links between Words in the Mental Lexicon of Second Language Learners of English

    University essay from Sektionen för Lärarutbildning

    Author : Jenny Rothman; [2009]
    Keywords : ;

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