Essays about: "nineteenth-century literature"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words nineteenth-century literature.
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1. Accommodating Perspectives on Religious History : A Study of Satire and Narrative Structure in Aldous Huxley’s Crome Yellow
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : This essay is an analysis of Aldous Huxley’s novel Crome Yellow and how it can be read as exposing social hypocrisy and tracing social flaws through England’s religious history. The analysis uses narratology as a tool for exploring how the author can be perceived as offering a perspective on religious history that might have been controversial in his day. READ MORE
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2. Man(ners) Maketh Woman : An Analysis of Dutch Male-Authored Women’s Advice Literature
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis analyses Adriaan Loosjes’ De Vrouw in de Vier Tijdperken Haars Levens (’The Woman inthe Four Stages of her Life’) and Gozewijn de Greuve’s Wilhelmina, een Handboek voor het VrouwelijkeGeslacht (‘Wilhelmina, a Guide for the Female Sex’). These two works of male-authored adviceliterature for women in the early nineteenth-century Netherlands are analysed in order to researchthe construction of gender. READ MORE
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3. ‘The Fisherman and his Soul’ Revalued : A Significant and Singular Fairy Tale in Oscar Wilde’s Work
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : The period 1889-1891 has been regarded as crucial in Oscar Wilde’s (1854-1900) career. Having been somewhat unsuccessful as a writer during the 1880s, and turning to journalism to earn a living, Wilde in this period saw the publication of his dialogues which led to his sole novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (hereafter, Dorian), serialised in 1890 before being republished as a novel in 1891. READ MORE
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4. Extinction, or the Extension of Life : Biology and History as Representation and Metaphor in Ted Chiang's "Seventy-Two Letters"
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : This paper explores Ted Chiang's novella "Seventy-Two Letters" and the way in which it combines genres, scientific and historical ideas in an effort to examine topics about life and creation. The combinations result in an intriguing representation of a history which is then made different and where Chiang can creatively challenge past ideas. READ MORE
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5. Coming of age in Victorian America : challenging gender roles in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women
University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : This essay argues that Little Women does not promote breaking stereotypical gender norms and nineteenth century gender roles, contrary to what several critics say. This paper will be using feminist criticism and analyzing two of the novel’s main characters, Meg and Jo, and examining their behavior towards stereotypical gender norms and rules. READ MORE
