He brings examples from the novel to prove that some of the statements and major themes that Hawthorne puts out are actually ranging towards more feminist than not. Colacurcio, Michael J. “Footsteps of Ann Hutchinson: The Context of The Scarlet Letter.” The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings: Authoritative Texts, Contexts, Criticism. Ed. Leland S. Person.
brontë studies, Vol. 37 No. 3, September 2012, 174–89 ‘Give me my name’: Naming and Identity In and Around Jane Eyre Steven Earnshaw The article discusses the importance of names, naming and identity in connection with Jane Eyre. A focus on the framing provided by the title page is the basis for insights into the importance ‘names and naming’ has for our interpretation of the novel, leading to discussion of how these elements are innovatively handled in a mid-nineteenth-century context. Such an apprehension of what a name is (or is perceived to be) becomes key to our understanding of Jane’s and the novel’s sense of self and identity.
The changing values and attitudes towards education, the importance of literature, marriage and the position of women in society are explored through the marked differences in textual form. A reader’s interest in the parallels of the importance of education and literature between the past and the present are enhanced by considering the differences in textual form. Using her writing to explore the significance of reading and writing towards a good education, Fay Weldon uses Austen’s Pride and Prejudice to address the craft of writing and the power of language through the use of didacticism and the epistolary form throughout Letters to Alice. The epistolary framework of Weldon’s text attempts to differentiate between literature and the nature of writing itself, stressing that “Fiction, thank God, it not and need not be reality”. By directly addressing the reader, through Aunt Fay’s desire to persuade Alice to read not just any “thrillers and romances” which are “temporary”, the reader is placed in a similar position to Alice, and we are essentially being educated on the importance of literature.
The author prefaces her own reading of the Odyssey with an analysis of the issues posed by the earlier feminist readings on which she builds. Should the Odyssey be read as a "closed" text, that is, as one whose meaning is highly determined, or as an "open" text whose contradictions and ambiguities undercut its overt meanings? Siren Songs presents a feminist critique of the Odyssey in an accessible manner aimed at a more general audience. All Greek is translated, and critical terminology is clearly defined. Lillian Eileen Doherty is Associate Professor of Classics, University of Maryland, College Park.
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Furthermore, one may come to the conclusion that perhaps Octavia Butler’s style of revisiting history through a different genre than the usual historical narrative can lead to a deeper understanding of the time period itself. Elaborating on the use of time travel, Butler utilizes Dana as the main vessel connecting both the past and present, and in doing so the reader is able to use Dana’s observations and thoughts about the world around her to mirror their own questions. For instance, Robert Crossley in his “Critical Essay” in Kindred writes that Octavia Butler’s main achievement in using Dana as her main character is the fact that she sees “individual slaves as people rather than as encrusted literary or sociological types” (270). Without the time travel aspect of the plot and the contrast it provides, the reader would not be able to see through Dana’s eyes the reality of slavery. In fact
How did Victorian writers use different literary forms to critique prevailing social attitudes? With reference to the work of at least one Victorian poet and Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, discuss the way in which difference in the form of writing impacted on the presentation of social issues. The Victorian era refers to the period in history that spans the reign of Queen Victoria, from her crowning in 1837 to her death in 1901. This essay will demonstrate that prevailing social attitudes of the Victorian era were critiqued by Victorian writers through the use of technical features in the writer’s chosen literary form. The difference in the form of writing impacted the presentation of these literary works and how they were received.
* Bell, Susan Groag and Marilyn Yalom, eds. Revealing Lives: Autobiography, Biography, and Gender. Albany: SUNY Press, 1990. * Benstock, Shari. The Private Self: Theory and Practice of Women’s Autobiographical Writings.
These different opinions are present in the personalities of the women characters’ personalities and their actions. This theme is present in both pieces of literature. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Arthur Miller creates the character of Abigail Williams. His creation of Abigail Williams “reinforces stereotypes of femme fatales” (Schissel). By doing this
An overview of [pic]The Garden Party[pic] Critic: Jennifer Rich Source: Exploring Short Stories, Gale Research, 1998 Criticism about: Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp (1888-1923), also known as: Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp, Boris Petrovsky, Mrs. John Middleton Murry Nationality: New Zealander [Rich is an instructor of literature, composition, and gender issues at Marymount Manhattan College. In the following essay, she examines ways in which [pic]The Garden Party[pic] uses contrasts between social classes to illustrate how the classes define each other.] Most criticism of Katherine Mansfield's short story [pic]The Garden Party[pic] concentrates on the story as a truncated bildungsroman[pic]a story of the growth and maturity of a young idealistic character. Critics such as Daniel S. Taylor in [pic]Crashing the Garden Party: A Dream, A Wakening,[pic] for example, see Laura's initiation as a passage from the [pic]dream world of her parents and social class to the real world of the Sheridan's neighboring working-class. [pic] As Taylor notes, describing the symbolic significance of the garden party, [pic]The garden party epitomizes the dream world of the Sheridan women, a world whose underlying principle is the editing and rearranging of reality for the comfort and pleasure of its inhabitants.