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1. 1. Coming of age in Victorian America : challenging gender roles in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women

   Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan Kristianstad/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Författare :Lina Killmer; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Gender roles; feminist criticism; femininity; nineteenth-century literature; coming of age; Little Women; domesticity;

   Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

3. 2. Gender Construction in Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre : A Comparison

   Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Författare :Julia Uusitalo Kemi; [2021]
   Nyckelord :gender; gender construction; Wuthering Heights; Jane Eyre; gender norms; Emily Brontë; Charlotte Brontë; identity; gender roles; Victorian gender roles; Victorian gender norms; sex; gender; femininity; masculinity;

   Sammanfattning : This essay analyses and compares gender construction in Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. The focus is on the construction of the female and male gender of selected female and male characters. LÄS MER

4. 3. Mina, the "Angel", and Lucy, the "Monster" : two sides of femininity in Bram Stoker's Dracula

   Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för lärarutbildning

   Författare :Julia Bergstrand; [2020]
   Nyckelord :Gender roles; feminist criticism; Victorian femininity; angel in the house; monstrous femininity; virgin whore dichotomy; Bram Stoker; Dracula;

   Sammanfattning : This paper analyses the characters Mina and Lucy in Bram Stoker’s Dracula, showing how they are juxtaposed in terms of femininity. By using feminist criticism and the concepts of the angel in the house, monstrous femininity, and the virgin/whore dichotomy, this paper explores how Mina represents the self-sacrificing, supportive, and wifely angel in the house, while Lucy represents the sexual, disobedient, and powerful monstrous female. LÄS MER

5. 4. The Happy Prince : A Paradoxical Aesthetic Tale and a Dual Critique of Victorian Times

   Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för lärarutbildning

   Författare :Quentin Caizergues; [2020]
   Nyckelord :Oscar Wilde; The Happy Prince; fairy tale; aestheticism; moral standards; social satire; Victorian society; Christian values;

   Sammanfattning : This essay highlights The Happy Prince’s advantageous use of conventions of the fairy tale genre to stress critical issues of the Victorian period: the challenge of the established Christian socio-moral order, the rising of the bourgeois industrial society, and the advent of aestheticism as a response. Using the close reading technique supported by the Victorian socio-historical background, the analysis establishes that the criticism proceeds by double associations. LÄS MER

7. 5. Bloody Penny Picture Pose : A comparative study on the representation of sexuality and violence within the aesthetics of Victorian Gothic horror

   Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Modevetenskap

   Författare :Julia Bornlöf; [2019]
   Nyckelord :Victorian; Gothic; horror; female sexuality; feminism; agency; sadomasochism; gender; visual culture; sexual history.;

   Sammanfattning : There is an ongoing fascination with the Victorian era as well as the genre of horror, and the characters originating from the first 18th century Gothic tales still appear in our Western popular culture today. The Victorian Gothic novels contain elements of romanticism and violence which often results in strong undertones of heated sexuality. LÄS MER