Essays about: "Doris Lessing"

Showing result 6 - 7 of 7 essays containing the words Doris Lessing.

  1. 6. Patriarchy and Masculinity in Doris Lessing's The Fifth Child and in Ben in the World

    University essay from Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Björn Sundberg; [2011]
    Keywords : patriarchy; patriarchal system; masculinity; masculine; feminism; feminine; gender roles; gender identities; repression of feelings; psychological violence; hierarchical structures; alienation; masculine attitudes;

    Abstract : The English novelist, Doris Lessing elucidates the rigidity of a society, which is based upon patriarchy, in her novels, The Fifth Child and Ben in the World. This essay illustrates the causes and the effects of a patriarchal system in the light of feminist ideology supported by Freud’s theories about the acquisition of gender roles. READ MORE

  3. 7. "Gender and Genre" : A Feminist Exploration of the Bildungsroman in A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man and Martha Quest

    University essay from Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Camilla Brändström; [2009]
    Keywords : Bildungsroman; development; adolescence; Bildung; identity; independence; feminist literary critique; Doris Lessing; James Joyce.;

    Abstract : The predominant focus on the male protagonist in the Bildungsroman genre has provoked feminist critics to offer a re-definition of the genre, claiming that the female protagonist's development differs in significant ways from the traditionally expected course of development (i.e. male). READ MORE