Essays about: "the female role in novels"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words the female role in novels.

1. 1. Gothic Masculinity: An Exploration of Masculinity in The Mysteries of Udolpho and Uncle Silas

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Tobias Norén; [2021]
   Keywords : Gothic; Masculinity; Female Gothic; Ann Radcliffe; The Mysteries of Udolpho; Sheridan Le Fanu; Uncle Silas; Sensibility; Fatherhood; Villainy; Fallenness; Fallen Man; Early Gothic; Victorian Gothic; 18th-century; 19th-century; Hegemonic Masculinity; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : By analysing two different Female Gothic novels, this thesis aims to explore the different ways in which masculinity is portrayed within the Female Gothic literary tradition, more specifically the Early Gothic and Victorian Gothic due to constraints in scope. The novels chosen, The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) and Uncle Silas (1864), are in many ways representative and serve as typical Female Gothic narratives but differ in when they were written and how they utilise gothic tropes to discuss and critique the society within which they were written. READ MORE

3. 2. "Defaming the honour of a woman was a sin" : A norm-critical gender study of Woman at Point Zero and The House on Mango Street

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Lärarutbildningen

   Author : Maria Yakob; [2020]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Women are victims of male oppression during countless stages of their lives. Female oppression is rooted in the culture of the societies and that makes patriarchal structures ongoing until this day. Patriarchal structures and social norms make it utterly difficult for women to find ways of liberating themselves from the norms. READ MORE

4. 3. 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

5. 4. Shopping for an I : Consumer identities in The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Alexandra Torsell Starud; [2019]
   Keywords : Postcolonialism; Intersectional; BLM; Consumerism;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates to role consumerism plays when young, black, underclass characters try to build their identities in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye (1970) and Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give (2017). Through implementing intersectional analysis and postcolonial theory this essay discusses how social positions are read and understood in a mass culture that heavily favours the visual. READ MORE

6. 5. Royal Subjects : Feminist Perspectives on Diary Writing and the Diary Form in Meg Cabot's The Princess Diaries Series

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Hanna Liljeqvist; [2016]
   Keywords : The Princess Diaries series; Meg Cabot; Feminism; The princess character; Diaries; Diary writing; YA fiction;

   Abstract : Meg Cabot’s young adult (YA) novel series The Princess Diaries (2000-2009) is one of many modern-day examples of attempts to redefine what Western society considers the classic princess narrative: the story of a beautiful princess passively waiting for Prince Charming. As critics such as Kay Stone and Sarah Rothschild emphasize, the fictional princess is traditionally linked to notions of ideal femininity which, in turn, makes princess stories interesting texts from a feminist perspective. READ MORE