Essays about: "Helen Fielding"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Helen Fielding.

  1. 1. An Investigation of the Characterization in Bridget Jones’s Diary from a Feminist Perspective

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Jessica Sjöstrand; [2018]
    Keywords : Feminism; Gender; Femininity; Masculinity; Literature; Education; Didactics; Bridget Jones’s Diar;

    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

  3. 2. Petticoats or Miniskirts: A Comparative Analysis of Feminine Narration in Pride and Prejudice and Bridget Jones's Diary 

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Ida Jonsson; [2018]
    Keywords : feminine narration; Austen; Fielding; Chick Lit; authority; feminism; feminist narratology;

    Abstract : 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

  4. 3. Femininity and Masculinity in Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora

    Author : Nadja Beden; [2011]
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  5. 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 humaniora

    Author : Kristina Nilsson; [2009]
    Keywords : Jane Austen; Pride and Prejudice; Helen Fielding; Bridget Jones; literature; portrayal; women; comparison; accomplished woman; feminism; criticism; society;

    Abstract : 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

  6. 5. Women of Substance : The Aspect of Education, Career and Female Identity in Pride and Prejudice and Bridget Jones's Diary

    University essay from Engelska

    Author : Johanna Lindgren; [2009]
    Keywords : Feminism; female identity; education; career; Pride and Prejudice; Bridget Jones s Diary; Jane Austen; Helen Fielding; Simone de Beauvoir; Mary Wollstonecraft; Maria Nilsson; chick lit; Jean-Jacques Rousseau;

    Abstract : 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