scholarly journals The New Versus True Woman in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper and Ellen Glasgow’s Dare’s Gift

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1416-1420
Author(s):  
Hussein H. Zeidanin

Given their opposition to Victorian conceptions of womanhood and domesticity, the literary works of Gilman and Glasgow have been a rallying point for women's emancipation and empowerment. Though the article touches upon several works by Gilman and Glasgow, it focuses particularly on the feminist viewpoints underpinning the transformation of female characters in Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper and Glasgow’s Dare’s Gift from true to new women. The purpose of both tales, the article contends, is to question and deconstruct the dominant Victorian patriarchal cult of true womanhood, which has confined women to the domestic sphere and constrained their freedoms and liberties The theoretical foundation for the examination of the two stories is laid out in the Introduction, which contrastively explores the conflicting paradigms of new and true womanhoods. The Discussion delves into the many reactions to the characters' defiant behavior, as well as the phallocentric interpretation of it.

Author(s):  
Margaret Susan Thompson

Barbara Welter concludes her pathbreaking article, “The Cult of True Womanhood, 1820-1860,” by declaring that “[Various forces in their lives] … called forth responses from woman, which differed from those she was trained to believe were hers by nature and divine decree. The very perfection of True Womanhood, moreover, carried within itself the seeds of its own destruction. For if woman was so very little less than the angels, she should surely take a more active part in running the world, especially since men were making such a hash of things” [174]. Traditionally, in both Welter’s original work and the many efforts that have subsequently followed, the living out of “True Womanhood” and the creative subversion it unintentionally inspired have been understood almost exclusively in either secular or Protestant contexts. This article explores the role of Catholic education by sisters in both reinforcing and undermining Victorian gender roles, and specifically analyzes the contributions of Catholic women religious to the complex and subversive process that Welter suggested. It analyzes the cultural and religious tensions that characterized nineteenth-century Catholic women’s education, as well as the women’s agency that, however inadvertently, it came to empower.


Author(s):  
NUR ZALIKHA MAT RADZI ◽  
NASIRIN ABDILLAH ◽  
DAENG HALIZA DAENG JAMAL

Hatimu Aisyah karya Sasterawan Negara ke-13 iaitu - Zurinah Hassan, yang juga penerima Anugerah Hadiah Penulis Asia Tenggara (SEA Write Award) pada tahun 2004. Rentetan kejayaan beliau, telah menjadi tumpuan para pengkaji untuk meneliti aspek mengenai pengarangan wanita. Hatimu Aisyah merupakan novel pertama dihasilkan oleh Zurinah Hassan yang menekankan mengenai amalan adat resam zaman terdahulu sehingga ditelan arus pemodenan zaman. Novel Hatimu Aisyah mengetengahkan gambaran wanita yang mengutamakan adat dalam konteks perjalanan hidup bermasyarakat. Kajian terhadap karya Zurinah Hassan ini, bersandarkan kepada Model Bahasa Gagasan Elaine Showalter dari perspektif ginokritik untuk melihat watak-watak wanita. Antara Perbincangan dalam kajian ini adalah berfokuskan kepada simbolik bahasa dan bahasa sebagai ekspresi kesedaran wanita. Hasil dapatan keseluruhan kajian menunjukkan bahawa Zurinah Hassan menggunakan bahasa yang bersesuaian dengan gagasan bahasa daripada Elaine Showalter tetapi agak kurang menyerlah. Hal ini disebabkan keterbatasan penggunaan bahasa selaras dengan sosiobudaya masyarakat Melayu. Penemuan kajian ini dalam model bahasa wanita dapat dilihat menerusi simbolik bahasa dan bahasa sebagai ekspresi kesedaran wanita. Hasil manfaat dan kepentingan diperolehi masa hadapan dapat dilihat bahawa golongan wanita menzahirkan protes dan kritikan menerusi corak penulisan karya mereka meskipun masih dalam keadaan terkawal.   Hatimu Aisyah the 13th National literary works, namely-Zurinah Hassan, who is also the recipient of the Southeast Asian Writer award (SEA Write Award) in 2004. His success string has been the focus of researchers to examine the aspects of women's writings. Hatimu Aisyah is the first novel to be produced by Zurinah Hassan that emphasizes on the historical practices of the past, having swallowed the current modernization of the day. The Hatimu Aisyah Novel highlights the portrayal of women who are customcentric in the context of the communities life. Studies on Zurinah Hassan's work are based on the language Model of Elaine Showalter from the perspective of Ginokritik to see the female characters. Among the discussions in this study are focused on symbolic language and language as a expression of women's awareness. The overall findings of the study showed that Zurinah Hassan used a language that fits the language idea of Elaine Showalter but was somewhat less striking. This is due to the limitations of usage in line with the Malay social. The findings of this study in female language models can be seen through the symbolic language and language in the expression of women's awareness. The results of the benefits and interests gained future can be seen that women are in their protest and criticism through their work writing patterns despite being controlled.


2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 97-110
Author(s):  
Laia Perales Galán

This paper offers an in-depth review of the Soviet hit film Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears (1979). Focusing on its female characters, it analyses the gender dynamics that prevailed in the Soviet Union at that time and the narrative impact it had on the plot. The article is divided into three subsections: a brief historical and political context, a depiction of the state of gender equality in the Soviet Union, as well as the power dynamics that existed both in the professional and domestic sphere, and a summary of the different femininities portrayed by the characters, along with the role morality and fate played in the film.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-25
Author(s):  
Cut Ruby Miranda ◽  
Helmita Helmita

In writing this thesis, the writer discusses the depression of women because of patriarchal traditions, even though they already know about women's rights and freedoms. This patriarchal tradition is that men hold full power over anything and women must always obey the rules of men. The women are required not to do any activities, in terms of education and employment. Women are only allowed to do homework. This applies to all women, both single and married. This began in the 90s, especially in the United States. In writing the thesis, the writer uses psychological and feminist theories according to Sigmund Freud and Maggie Humm, who will explore the psychological side of women who are oppressed by the existence of this patriarchal custom. The purposes of this paper are: (1) To describe psychological-feminist cases in female characters (2) To analyze psychological-feminists in depressed female characters (3) To explain the psychological-feminist influence with female characters in the short story of The Yellow Wallpaper from Charlotte Perkins Gilman, A Rose For Emily from William Faulkner, The Story Of An Hour by Kate Chopin. The author uses descriptive qualitative methods in processing data. Through analysis of several existing sources and data. Based on available data, the writer discover how the psychology of depressed female characters from their environment is intimidated based on the short story. In fact women can become depressed because their freedom of expression is hampered and prohibited by tradition. With the writing of this thesis, it is hoped that the public can find out what exactly the meaning of women's emancipation is without having to put down women or men.


Lire Journal ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-164
Author(s):  
M Afifulloh

This paper aims to describe the female characters in the novel Kabar Bunga by Marsiraji Thahir, the conflicts and its causes, and the impact of the conflicts experienced by women in the novel Kabar Bunga by Marsiraji Thahir. This novel is examined by a psychological approach in literature, a literary approach that emphasizes the psychological aspects of the types and laws of psychology that can be applied to literary works. The data is qualitative since the purpose of this research is to explain or describe the phenomena of the researches deeply. The data were obtained by categorizing all the related dialogues in the story, then psychologically analyzed. Triangulation was used to validate the data.  After finishing all the steps of analyzing data, the interpretations were made based on the data and the theory. The results of the research were, psychologically, the main character in this novel is described as a person who often feels worried, frightened, keeping the reality up, and she is burdened by the problems faced. This portrayal is the representation of Wulan as a woman and woman emotionally and mentally is depicted as a weakness persona without having the ability to solve the problems.


2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Gusti Ayu Praminatih ◽  
Homsatun Nafiah

The researchers conducted research on Jane Austen literary works since she was a prominent female novelist with mostly discussed novels. The aim of this research was investigating how Jane Austen portrayed [woman] in the18th century through literary works. Six major novels were used as data. Hence qualitative method was employed. The novels were converted using AntConc. Then, the researchers identified the 50 highest collocations of [woman] based on three main categories in part of speech namely adjective, noun, and verb. The results reveal that Jane Austen portrays [woman] in the 18th century with positive and negative aspects; internal and external qualities that reflected through adjectives. Jane Austen often uses concrete and abstract nouns related to domestic property collocated with the word [woman]. Furthermore, the verbs that collocate with [woman] in Jane Austen’s literary works are productive verbs. The researchers find that the adjectives, nouns, and verbs that attach to [woman] in Jane Austen novels are related to the domestic sphere and their quality of being strong, logical, and intellectual.


2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (21) ◽  
pp. 3-468-3-471
Author(s):  
Pamela S. Tsang

The information processing approach traditionally has been the theoretical foundation of mental workload. Computational neurocognitive models are emerging approaches to understanding how the brain performs cognitive functions. Computational complexity refers to the many possibilities and ambiguities intrinsic in the environmental stimuli. These models agree that the brain has limited computational power. Utility and implications of the computational approaches to the understanding of mental workload, especially that of higher-level activities such as strategic control of dynamic multiple-task performance and situation awareness will be explored.


Nordlit ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 445
Author(s):  
Janke Klok

<p align="JUSTIFY"><span lang="en-GB">In this article I reflect on Ibsen's laborious road to the Dutch stages to display the reciprocal influence between innovating theatre plays and the process of a modernizing society. In doing this I take into account insights from translation theory and the thinking on cultural mediation, whereby cultural transmission is seen as a way of interacting: the receiving culture’s receptivity towards new ideas and new forms is crucial for the space available for innovative literature from abroad. </span></p><p align="JUSTIFY"><span lang="en-GB">Tracking Ibsen on the Dutch stages shows a wavelike movement. Research into the reception of Ibsen supports the claim by the Dutch author Ina Boudier-Bakker (1875-1966) who used the late first staging of Ibsen's </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>A Doll's House</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> (1889) to illustrate the Amsterdam and Dutch conservatism with regard to gender roles and avant-garde art. Prior to 1890 the Netherlands lagged behind other European countries. With the Dutch production of </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>A Doll</em></span><span lang="en-GB">’</span><span lang="en-GB"><em>s House </em></span><span lang="en-GB">a new era arrives.</span><span lang="en-GB">After a flying start and a growing appreciation for Ibsen as a social reformer, particularly concerning entrenched (gender) conventions, Dutch critics in the period 1930-1970, do not seem to be able to place Ibsen’s plays. A qualitative analysis of the revival by way of the jubilee performance </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Ghosts</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> in 1956, shows that Dutch audiences hold off a contemporary debate by focusing on geographical and ethnographical distance. It indicates that in the fifties this audience was intellectually and artistically conservative. Tracking Ibsen on the stages after 1970 shows us the current multicultural society; it shows us a renewed interest in his female characters, which culminates with Nora. It shows us an increasing number of women directors in Dutch theatres, also in advanced theatre school performances. Present-day Dutch theatres and their audiences seem to be mostly interested in Ibsen’s theatre women, be it his female characters or the relatively new phenomenon of women directing his plays. Their experiments with his texts are highly appreciated and show a renewed interest in public debate, re-establishing the discussion that was aroused in the first period of staging Ibsen in the Netherlands. The experiments with Ibsen’s “old” female characters by his “new” women directors form a most important ingredient of his modernity and sustainability, both where content (feminism = noraism) and where form are concerned. It is these women who confirm Ibsen’s position as an author of today’s world. </span></p>


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Nofiyanti Fuanda

The vampire is a phenomenon in western literature and culture. As many literary works featuring vampire are produced every year and continue to interest of the audiences, the creature becomes even embedded in the heart of not only western people, but also most people in the world. Currently, the researches on the creature either as a part of the myth or a character in literary works is so booming. They conclude that there is transformation of vampire both in myth and literary work. The research on literary works mostly generalizes vampire and Dracula as similar terms referring to blood sucker in general. In fact, those two terms actually refer to different signifieds. Therefore, this research aims to discuss specifically the development of literary works, especially films featuring the Dracula character since Stoker’s story is still adapted in the current era. The discussion focuses on the conventions and inventions of Dracula films in the early twenty first century and how those new formulas are related to the social background. This research is qualitative research and data are collected from the library. In addition, the basic theory used is genre analysis which situates texts within textual and social contexts. In the field of American Studies, such analysis is relevant to McDowell’s theory of “past, present and future” which supports interdisciplinary studies of time development.As the finding of the research on twenty four films produced during 2000 to 2014 the researcher concludes that most of them mix the elements of some genres. There are eleven pure horror Dracula films, eight horror action, two horror drama, one horror adventure, one horror sci-fi, and one horror romance. Furthermore, the researcher found five formula inventions including: 1. the shifting themes which include the emergence of science and the blurring of sexuality; 2. the variation of the stereotypical characters which includes the turn of the villain into hero and the challenge of women as heroes; 3. the changing motive; 4. the variation of setting, and 5. the replacement of properties. In the further analysis, the development of the formulas is certainly the result of the mixing genres, and also the response to two major issues flourishes in today’s era such as the issue of modernity and rationality and the phenomenon of ‘New Women’ and ‘Now Women.’Keywords: vampire, Dracula, formula, convention, invention


Author(s):  
Rocío López-García-Torres

<p><strong>La agencia femenina en la literatura ibérica y latinoamericana</strong></p><p>Autora: Elia Saneleuterio (ed.)</p><p>Editorial: Iberoamericana-Vervuert, 2020, ISBN: 978-84-9192-187-5, 346 pp.</p><p><strong>Resumen</strong></p><p><em>La agencia femenina en la literatura ibérica y latinoamericana</em> responde al interés científico y educativo de los estudios sobre obras literarias escritas o protagonizadas por mujeres en el ámbito español e hispanoamericano. El libro consta de veinte capítulos que abordan la caracterización de diversos caracteres femeninos en la literatura, su capacidad de elección y sus maneras de resistir en circunstancias adversas. Se seleccionan obras de todos los géneros sin excluir autoría masculina. Algunos de los autores y autoras analizados son Teresa de Cartagena, sor Juana, Pérez Galdós, Unamuno, De la Parra, Medina Onrubia, Laforet, Vitale, Martín Gaite, Matute, Aldecoa, Ferré, Allende, Porzecansky, Sierra i Fabra, Montes, Puértolas, Esquivel, Montero, Moscona, Carranza, Vallvey, Bollaín, Susana Vallejo, Baquero Cruz y Laura Gallego. </p><p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p><em>La agencia femenina en la literatura ibérica y latinoamericana</em> responds to the scientific and educational interest of studies on literary works written or carried out by women in the Spanish and Latin American sphere. The book consists of twenty chapters that address the characterization of various female characters in literature, their capacity for choice and their ways of resisting in adverse circumstances. Works of all genres are selected without excluding male authorship. Some of the authors analyzed in the volume are Teresa de Cartagena, Sor Juana, Pérez Galdós, Unamuno, De la Parra, Medina Onrubia, Laforet, Vitale, Martín Gaite, Matute, Aldecoa, Ferré, Allende, Porzecansky, Sierra i Fabra, Montes, Puértolas, Esquivel, Montero, Moscona, Carranza, Vallvey, Bollaín, Susana Vallejo, Baquero Cruz and Laura Gallego. </p>


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