Essays about: "Mary Barton"

Found 2 essays containing the words Mary Barton.

1. 1. Dissonance in Gaskell’s Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life and Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Kristian Jeremic; [2022]
   Keywords : Elizabeth Gaskell; Mary Barton; George Orwell; Down and Out in Paris and London; Marxism; class; class consciousness; historical materialism; Althusser; internal distantiation; unreliable narrator; intranarrational unreliability; extratextual unreliability; representations of poverty;

   Abstract : This essay identifies a type of narrative dissonance in the depictions of working-class conditions within Elizabeth Gaskell’s Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life and George Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London. In this thesis, the dissonance is argued in part to be the effect created when an author belonging to one social class attempts to portray a class separate from their own. READ MORE

3. 2. The complex depiction of society and class in Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Carl Anton Lindfors; [2022]
   Keywords : Perspectives; complexity; contemporary criticism; industrialism; class; Mary Barton; North and South;

   Abstract : Elizabeth Gaskell’s novels have been praised for their depiction of contemporary society and for giving the voiceless working-class a voice. Her two novels Mary Barton (1848) and North and South (1854) are referred to as industrial novels, giving a contemporary depiction of nineteenth century England. READ MORE