Essays about: "Bridget Jones"
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1. Passive and Active Romantic Heroines and their Patriarchs : A Comparative Feminist Study of Gender Portrayal with a Focus on Romantic Love in Jane Eyre and Bridget Jones’s Diary
University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/EngelskaAbstract : .... READ MORE
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2. An Investigation of the Characterization in Bridget Jones’s Diary from a Feminist Perspective
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : This essay investigates Bridget Jones’s Diary, a novel written by Helen Fielding, from a feminist perspective with an emphasis on gender. The focus lies on Bridget’s characterization and how it can be perceived as problematic from a feminist point of view. READ MORE
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3. Petticoats or Miniskirts: A Comparative Analysis of Feminine Narration in Pride and Prejudice and Bridget Jones's Diary
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : Abstract Both Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) and Bridget Jones’s Diary (Helen Fielding) have been thoroughly examined by literary critics. When discussed from a feminist perspective, critics are ambiguous as some claim that the novels work against feminist values rather than the reverse. READ MORE
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4. The Accomplished Woman – No Changes Accomplished? : A Comparison of the Portrayal of Women in Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice and Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones
University essay from Institutionen för humanioraAbstract : In this essay I compare the notion of the accomplished woman in Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice and Helen Fielding’s novels about Bridget Jones. My claim is that the notion of the accomplished woman that Austen described 200 years ago is still very relevant and not much different today as reflected in Helen Fielding’s narrative in Bridget Jones, but also that both authors satirically describe the pressure that is put on women to reach the ideal of the accomplished woman. READ MORE
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5. Women of Substance : The Aspect of Education, Career and Female Identity in Pride and Prejudice and Bridget Jones's Diary
University essay from EngelskaAbstract : Although two hundred years separate Jane Austen and Helen Fielding and, subsequently, also their portrayals of society, the similarities outweigh the differences. When juxtaposing Pride and Prejudice and Bridget Jones’s Diary in the light of feminism it is evident that both books provide clear examples of the prevailing situation of women in each time and place. READ MORE