Essays about: "minor character."

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  1. 1. “I, a woman will fight them for you.” : An intersectional analysis of Lady Zhurong, the only woman to lead an army into battle in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Stina Hinderson; [2023]
    Keywords : Romance of the Three Kingdoms; Lady Zhurong; Nanman; Chinese literature; female character; female general; 三国演义，祝融夫人，南蛮，文学，女性角色，女将;

    Abstract : Beside the innumerable male characters in the Chinese classic, The Romance of The Three Kingdoms, there is one female general: Lady Zhurong (祝融夫人). This thesis addresses the research gap in studying the unique case of Lady Zhurong, the only woman in the novel that leads an army in battle. READ MORE

  3. 2. Healthcare workers’ experiences of reproductive and maternal healthcare : a minor field study in Tanzania

    University essay from Sophiahemmet Högskola

    Author : Isabella Best; Jennifer Straatman; [2023]
    Keywords : Experiences; Maternal healthcare; Maternal mortality; Reproduction; Tanzania; Mödrahälsovård; Mödradödlighet; Reproduktion; Tanzania; Upplevelser;

    Abstract : Background  Maternal health is described as the health a woman experiences during pregnancy, delivery and after the baby is born. Every year an estimation is made that 210 million women are pregnant and 140 million babies are being born. READ MORE

  4. 3. Feminist Practices and Representation of Women Characters in Little Women

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

    Author : Jennifer Koroleva Sundgren; [2022]
    Keywords : feminism; Jo March; Little Women; coming of age; Bildungsroman; Künstlerroman; gender fluidity; art;

    Abstract : This essay focuses on Louisa May Alcott's Little Women as a feminist novel and explores the representations of feminisms in the text. First, I argue Little Women is a novel that presents writing as feminist practice from a Künstlerroman perspective, which highlights Jo March's subversive feminism in the time. READ MORE

  5. 4. Rewritings of Circe: Representation, Resistance, and Change in Feminist Revisionism

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Maria Karlsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Rewriting; Feminism; Mythology; Odyssey; Circe; Welty; Atwood; Miller;

    Abstract : This paper analyses the feminist revisionism of the Circe-myth in the rewritings by Eudora Welty, Margaret Atwood, and Madeline Miller. To that end, the paper first examines three different ways of discussing rewritings: Jeremy M. READ MORE

  6. 5. Quietly Defiant: Challenging Society’s Ideal Woman in Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Alicia Hirvenoja Simon; [2020]
    Keywords : Jane Austen; literature; feminism; character analysis; sense and sensibility; pride and prejudice; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Jane Austen is a well-known author, particularly within feminist literary history as her texts often included the lives of young women. The protagonists of Austen’s novels have often been the subject of analysis regarding how the author argued about women’s position in society however the minor characters are seldom discussed. READ MORE