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
The wings are symbolic of women in the C19th and in particular the Victorian era. The manner in which this image is composed suggests ideas in relation to values and attitudes pertaining to individuals in their social context. They include the longing and desire under the facade of morality present amongst this society, the possessive and incarcerating temperament of patriarchal figures over their female counterparts. These concepts are conveyed through the allegorical poetry of Robert Browning, particularly the aubade ‘Meeting at Night Parting at Morning (‘Meeting’)’ about an illicit rendezvous and the dramatic monologue ‘My Last Duchess (‘Duchess’)’ where Browning’s renaissance influence is evident through the poem acting as a revelation of the Duke Alfonso’s sinister actions and the objectification of women. Further, the 1996 film The Portrait of a lady (Portrait) about a woman’s desperate choice between her autonomous, love-driven spirit and the demands of social convention encapsulates these paradigms and the struggle of women in expressing themselves.
The book I chose for my independent reading project is called “Burned” by Ellen Hopkins. The project I chose to do is a book box because the book I’ve read has a lot of items that correspond to the events and characters in my book. The items I have chosen from my book is a journal, a diaper, a ring, a cell phone, and a pregnancy test. The first item I chose was a journal. The reason I chose this item is because in the book, the main character Pattyn Von Stratten used a journal write down all her troubles because her librarian Ms. Rose told her it would be good for her.
In the same way, literature has affected the thoughts and actions of people throughout history. Throughout the Victorian Era, authors played off of their large female audience by creating strong female protagonists to which their readers could relate or learn from. Throughout the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte challenges her readers views’ on the role a woman should play in society during this era by manipulating the tone and diction given to Jane Eyre through Gothic and Romantic elements. From the beginning of Bronte’s novel, the reader is exposed to the issue of gender limitations regarding social status during the 19th century. Jane Eyre is depicted as a child, yet is capable of illustrating her surroundings and memories in such a sophisticated manner.
One technique used by authors is writing type. Books can be proposed in many different ways by using different forms of writing like a narrative or a diary. Rosanne Hawke, author of the book ‘Zenna Dare,’ uses this technique very effectively. Zenna Dare is switches from a narrative written by the main character, Jenefer, to a diary written in past tense by Jenefer’s triple great grandmother, Gweniver. The diary is being read by Jenefer, who is trying to piece together her past, so as the diary progress’s, Jenefer and the reader learn more.
• Feminist critics are especially interested in issues concerning women’s culture. Also, they insist on the autobiographical side of the story, especially on the centrality of the act of giving birth. • An intertextual reading of the novel reveals echoes of several romantic poems, of various authors. It is a well-established notion that references to other texts add to the meaning of the work in question. In other words, if you consider ‘The Rime’ as a hypotext (= underlying text) to Frankenstein, your understanding of the novel may be enriched thanks to suggestion from Coleridge’s
Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, has used a framing narrative in the opening letters of the novel, to help set up the major premise of the novel. Through the epistolary form it eases the reader into the story and adds a subplot that gives the main story texture and richness. This technique also focuses on the character parallels between Walton and Frankenstein, and how Walton foreshadows Frankenstein’s story. Many writers of the time wrote in the traditional romantic genre, however Shelley challenges this by writing in the gothic genre through the epistolary form and negative message she conveys through Victor of the dangers of romanticism. To force the reader to actively engage in the text, Shelley uses a fallible narrator unlike the traditional novel.
It demands from us respect, attention, and comprehension. Therefore, we need to choose books correctly, accordingly to our age and taste. In the essay “I was a Teenage Illiterate”, by Cathleen Schine, the author shares with us her experiences with literature and reading. Shine tells us how, in spite of her graduate work, she felt stupid among her new New York friends when she discovered her knowledge of literature contained only medieval authors and books. She seemed illiterate.
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.
How Thomas Hardy portrays Victorian English woman in his stories ----- In this essay, I will try and answer this question in some detail. To do this, I will be using two of Thomas Hardy's stories, 'The Withered Arm' and 'Jude the Obscure' as both of them have two main female roles, who go through a lot of complications, which help develop the characters throughout the story. Both 'The Withered Arm' and 'Jude the Obscure' contains pairs of characters and through the conflict constructed between these women, Hardy gives insight into Victorian England for the reader. Jude the Obscure Jude the Obscure is often thought of as Thomas Hardy's best work, not only for the amazing structure of the plot, where small and seemingly unimportant details lead to the character's ruin, but in the themes that range from how human loneliness and sensuality can stop a person from trying to fulfill their dreams, to how, when free from the bind of marriage, one's dreams will not be fulfilled if one is of a lower status. The two main characters in Jude the Obscure are 'Arabella Donn' and ' Susanna Florence Mary Bridehead' (Sue), there are quite a few differences between the two woman.