Aunt Fay writes to her niece Alice in the hope of teaching her about Austen and her writing and what better way to do that than by direct reference to Austen’s most successful text, Pride and Prejudice? Weldon in turn helps the actual reader understand Pride and Prejudice by commenting on the characters’ behaviour and the plot by giving her personal opinion, as well as identifying typical language features and explaining why Austen is valued today. She expresses empathy for Mrs Bennet which encourages the reader to reconsider their own opinion Her use of first person language tells the reader that they are reading a biased opinion, but also helps the reader trust Weldon as she is speaking
For example, in the paragraph about strong characters, Miss Ariadne Oliver is listed last. Interestingly, Miss Ariadne Oliver is considered to be Agatha Christie’s alter ego. Miss Oliver is a prime example of how Agatha Christie expresses her own views on social issues through the actions of her characters. The author claims that “setting” is what makes her novels interesting. However, when the author claims that “nostalgia for past times” is what makes her novels enduring, I felt that it was an irony.
Work Cited Chopin, Kate. “The Storm.” Lives Through Literature: A Thematic Anthology. Ed. Chopin, Kate. “The Story of an Hour.” The Complete Works of Kate Chopin.
Women and the Merchant Guilds of Early-Modern Europe: The Redefinition of Women’s Work and Their Role within the Guilds Jamie Parker WRI315 OL1: Writing for the Social Sciences February 29, 2012 ABSTRACT For centuries the Guilds of the early-modern period of Europe have been of particular interest to social and economic historians. At the peak of the guilds success they controlled the majority of all trades and industry in Europe, then disappeared almost completely near the end of the eighteenth century. As the twenty-first century began, new research began to appear addressing the issues of women, gender and the definition of women’s work within the guilds of the early-modern period of Europe. This renewed interest in the
BRIAR ROSE-JANE YOLEN Yolen has created an ingenious story of great significance in Briar Rose. Aside from the novel itself being a fictional text, the book stresses the intrinsic importance of fairy tales to the responder. The resilience and power of these tales are emphasised as is the significance of true stories form the past. It is through the examination of the allegorical story told by Gemma and the characterisation used by Yolen that the concept of the hero and heroine is explored. Yolen has enabled her readers to understand the value of the past for the present and to witness both the true horrors as well as the acts of courage in her novel Briar Rose.
“The critic asks “is this believable?” The novelist, “how can I get them to believe this”? In short she argues that a good novelist always has some sort of conflict to tell and it must be suspenseful. “Something other than breakfast”. She uses witty humour to loosen the audience up. Atwood discusses the several genres of fiction that are available in this time and explains how this is not only a time of gender crossover but of genre crossover.
In both of these stories the authors use imagery to help drive home their main points, although in a somewhat different manner. In “Desiree’s Baby" Chopin uses imagery to hint at the “truth” and lead up to the ironic ending. While in Carver’s “Cathedral” imagery is used to reinforce his main theme of don’t judge a book by its cover. Now we will take a closer look at imagery, and examine the intricacies of how these great authors use it in their works. So what is imagery?
Similarly, Mary Shelly’s novel, Frankenstein, can be viewed as a moral fable that offers readers the conservative view on gender roles. Through varied characters such as Victor Frankenstein, the monster, Henry Clerval, Elizabeth and Justine, Shelley demonstrates her adherence to the gender
Key points on Rebecca L. Walkowitz Rebecca L. Walkwoitz starts her article by giving us Coetzee’s “Diary of a Bad Year” as an example of what she calls Comparison Literature. Coetzee’s novel meets the criteria of comparison literature due to its circulation and production formally, typographically and thematically. Rebecca goes on to state clearly the difference between the field of national literature in which the scholars share the locus of production, and the field of comparative literature in which scholars share a structure of analysis. In Rebecca’s point of view, two requirements are necessary for comparison literature: First, new geographic lines are to be drawn for the literary works. Second, preserving the study within the historical context including the different editions and translations.
“If the heroine of one novel be not patronized by the heroine of another, from whom can she expect protection and regard?” (Austen Northanger Abbey 21) Abstract The aim of this paper is to analyse Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park and to show the reader how the author depicts the main figures in these two different novels. This literary essay will focus on giving a description and comparison of both characters, Catherine Moland and Fanny Price. It will be also address how the two female characters of these novels belong to different prototypes of heroines. Introduction Jane Austen was born in 1775 in the small town of Steventon, Hampshire and belonged to a close and respectful family. Her father was a cleric who encouraged his children to read and write novels and plays.