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  1. 11. The Healing Power of the Ghost In Toni Morrison’s Beloved : An Analysis Through the Poststructuralist Lens

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Eva Yigit; [2020]
    Keywords : abject; Beloved; Derrida; deconstruction; écriture féminine; ghost; Kristeva; Morrison; motherhood; poststructuralism; semiotic order; spectrality; slavery; trauma.;

    Abstract : This paper utilizes poststructuralist theory to investigate the polysemic nature of the eponymous character Beloved in Toni Morrison’s 1987 novel Beloved. The ghostly, anachronistic presence of Beloved renders the text open to multiple interpretations and this essay sets out to explore the ways in which meaning is created and communicated. READ MORE

  3. 12. Margaret and the ideal woman: An analysis of the heroine of Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South in relation to the female ideal of the Victorian era

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Gustav Rönnhede; [2019]
    Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

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  4. 13. 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. 14. From avengers to heroines: muslim*women dismantling hegemonic discourses

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Gina Waibel; [2016]
    Keywords : Queer theory; postcolonial theory; Muslim; women; racism; nationalism; gender; Europe; discourse analysis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Hegemonic European discourses about muslim*women reduce the complex living realities of muslim*women to the singular of the gendered and racialized other. This thesis investigates the hegemonic functioning of these discourses and explores postcolonial and queer theoretical approaches for dismantling it. READ MORE

  6. 15. Royal Subjects : Feminist Perspectives on Diary Writing and the Diary Form in Meg Cabot's The Princess Diaries Series

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Hanna Liljeqvist; [2016]
    Keywords : The Princess Diaries series; Meg Cabot; Feminism; The princess character; Diaries; Diary writing; YA fiction;

    Abstract : Meg Cabot’s young adult (YA) novel series The Princess Diaries (2000-2009) is one of many modern-day examples of attempts to redefine what Western society considers the classic princess narrative: the story of a beautiful princess passively waiting for Prince Charming. As critics such as Kay Stone and Sarah Rothschild emphasize, the fictional princess is traditionally linked to notions of ideal femininity which, in turn, makes princess stories interesting texts from a feminist perspective. READ MORE