Essays about: "Northanger Abbey"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Northanger Abbey.

  1. 1. “Affected Indifference, or Momentary Shame” : Gothic Awareness in Northanger Abbey and Mexican Gothic

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Andrea Johansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Jane Austen; Silvia Moreno-Garcia; Gothic awareness; female sexuality; sexual violence; domestic entrapment; exploitation;

    Abstract : Feminist scholars have focused on the Gothic as a medium for expressing the horrors of female experience in a patriarchal society. This study examines Gothic awareness in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey and Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic. READ MORE

  3. 2. Jane Austen’s Exploration of Romanticism: Teaching “older” Literature Through Northanger Abbey in the Swedish Upper-Secondary English Classroom

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska

    Author : Fredrik Rosberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Northanger Abbey; Jane Austen; teaching literature; literary genres; EFL; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This paper argues that Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey is a valuable pedagogical resource that can address the Swedish National Agency for Education’s mandate on the coverage of “older” literature in Swedish EFL courses at upper secondary school in a flexible and thorough way. Presupposing that the novel comprises various literary genres and forms, the paper provides a close reading through a proposed perspective on Romanticism, in which a continuum consisting of domestic felicity, courtship and the Gothic is foregrounded. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Coming of Age of a Woman : Proto-feminism and Female Bildung in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Therese Landh; [2018]
    Keywords : Bildungsroman; Enlightenment feminism; Jane Austen; Mary Wollstonecraft; Proto-feminism;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the influence of the proto-feminist ideas of the Enlightenment on Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, specifically their presence in the coming-of-age journey of the novel’s heroine Catherine Morland. In this thesis, the proto-feminist ideas of the Enlightenment discussed are based on the ideas of Mary Wollstonecraft as presented in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. READ MORE

  5. 4. Love' s function in marital decisions : Materialist feminism in Jane Austen's Emma, Pride and Prejudice and Northanger Abbey

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Magdalena Sundkvist; [2016]
    Keywords : Austen; Materialist Feminism; Domestic role; Women s Opression; Heterosexual Normative Roles;

    Abstract : In Jane Austen’s Emma, Pride and Prejudice and Northanger Abbey there is a central theme of finding a marriage partner from economic, social and love perspectives. The focus of this essay is to look from a materialist feminist perspective at how these factors influence the characters’ marital matches. READ MORE

  6. 5. Catherine Morland in Jane Austen’s "Northanger Abbey", an unlikely Gothic heroine

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Elisabeth Widmark; [2011-07-01]
    Keywords : Northanger Abbey; Jane Austen; Gothic romance; Gothic Literature;

    Abstract : The essay describes the development of a young girl from a childhood influenced by Gothic Literature to balanced maturity. It illustrates the effect Gothic Literature had on many women... READ MORE