Essays about: "self-authoring"

Found 1 essay containing the word self-authoring.

  1. 1. Writing One’s Self Into Being : An Analysis on Self-authoring as a mean of Agency in Frances Burney’s Evelina – or a Young Lady’s Entrance Into the World

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

    Author : Euridiki Granouzis Larsson; [2014]
    Keywords : Agency; self-authoring; gendered act; sexuality; two Evelinas; importance of a name; Evelina.;

    Abstract : This essay aims to explore Evelina’s abilities to self-author her life as a tool of agency, self-authoring means to be able to write your own life. Evelina was written by Frances Burney in 1778 and tells the story of a young orphan lady who visits London. She is inexperienced and makes mistakes that can be seen as fatal in the social sphere. READ MORE