Essays about: "feminist jane austen pride and prejudice"

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1. 11. 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

3. 12. Can chick-lit be canonical? : a feminist reading och Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Candace Bushnell's Sex and the city

   University essay from Institutionen för genus, kultur och historia

   Author : Cecilia Engstrand; [2008]
   Keywords : pride and prejudice; chik-lit; reception theory; sex and the city; the literary canon;

   Abstract : By using Austen’s and Bushnell’s two novels as my primary sources I hope to find out whether what has been seen as typically female themes, plots and settings are perceived as less important from a canonical viewpoint. Do the terms “chick-lit” and “women’s literature” determine the status of a novel? I hope to find out what made Austen an esteemed writer and if the same criteria of evaluation can be applied to Bushnell. READ MORE