A Comparative Study of Feminisms in the Writings of Jane Austen and Mary Wollstonecraft
A Comparative Study of Feminisms in the Writings of Jane Austen and Mary Wollstonecraft
A Comparative Study of Feminisms in the Writings of Jane Austen and Mary Wollstonecraft
A Comparative Study of Feminisms in the Writings of Jane Austen and Mary Wollstonecrafts
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Référence bibliographique [12120]
Tessier, Marie Hélène. 2012. «A Comparative Study of Feminisms in the Writings of Jane Austen and Mary Wollstonecraft». Mémoire de maîtrise, Québec, Université Laval, Département de littératures.
Intentions : «The aim of this study is to compare the works of Jane Austen [...] with Mary Wollstonecraft’s radical arguments in her Vindications and novels to show that the two women ideologically align in many ways.» (p. 8)
2. Méthode
Échantillon/Matériau : L’auteure se base sur un corpus d’oeuvres littéraires: Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, A Vindication of the Rights of Men, Mary et The Wrongs of Woman.
Type de traitement des données : Analyse littéraire
3. Résumé
«Ces romans reflètent clairement la situation des femmes de l’époque et s’attardent sur l’importance de l’éducation des femmes, les stéréotypes socialement définis, les relations homme-femme et les situations de violence dans le mariage et la famille. En comparant son engagement avec cette problématique aux oeuvres de Wollstonecraft, cette étude démontre que, au travers de ses romans, Austen était beaucoup plus consciente et engagée avec la société dans laquelle elle vivait qu’on ne l’imaginait.» (p. ii) «[T]he novel reveals the consequences of women lacking education through a criticism of the institution of marriage, which Austen generally portrays as a business transaction with little to do with love, but focused instead on money or appearances. This view of marriage also mirrors that of Wollstonecraft, who depicts in her novels women forced to marry strangers for the satisfaction of their parents, or women nearly sold into prostitution by their husbands.» (p. 100)