Essays about: "chick lit"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 11 essays containing the words chick lit.

  1. 6. 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

  3. 7. Have You Met Miss Jones? : Identity Construction of a Chick Lit Heroine

    University essay from Engelska

    Author : Towe Falk; [2009]
    Keywords : Identity; Chick Lit; Bridget Jones; Postfeminism;

    Abstract : Take a random woman in her mid-twenties, with a crazy mother, a lousy job and no sex life, add some insecurity and a lot of alcohol and wrap her up in pink, and congratulations, you have just created your own chick lit heroine.The question is whether a chick lit heroine is this simplistic, or if she carries an important message to the readers. READ MORE

  4. 8. Teenage chick lit a heterogeneous genre - A comparative study of The Princess Diaries and Gossip Girl : A novel

    University essay from Sektionen för lärarutbildning (LUT)

    Author : Marie Askemyr; [2009]
    Keywords : chick lit;

    Abstract : This essay is a comparative study of The Princess Diaries and Gossip Girl: A novel. The study aims to give support to the argument that teenage chick lit is a heterogeneous genre. Initially, the background to the essay is presented and then follows a presentation of the genre chick lit. READ MORE

  5. 9. Better Off Alone Anyway: Independent Women in Two Marian Keyes Novels

    University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

    Author : Johanna Andersson; [2009]
    Keywords : Marian Keyes; chick-lit; feminist theory;

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  6. 10. "According to Marian Keyes" : a discussion of common themes in Marian Keyes’s chick lit novels: Lucy sullivan is getting married and Watermelon

    University essay from

    Author : Magdalena Hallöf; [2008]
    Keywords : Humanities Theology; Marian Keyes; chick lit; women s literature; Humaniora; Teologi;

    Abstract : This essay examines Marian Keyes's views on love, happiness, setbacks and unfaithfulness which are common themes in her novels. These themes are discussed in Keyes's chick lit novels "Watermelon" and "Lucy Sullivan is getting married". Some background information about this genre is also presented. READ MORE