scholarly journals "Who is Severe Upon the Ladies Now?": The Tri-Tiered Construction of Female Agency in Frances Burney's 'Evelina'

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophia Eve Rink
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
Social Situations ◽  
Female Agency ◽  
Women's Agency ◽  
Class Mobility ◽  
Women’S Agency

Frances Burney’s novel Evelina follows a young woman through a series of mortifying social interactions, all of which point to a layered concept of women’s agency and the popular perceptions of autonomy during the eighteenth century. Women’s agency in Evelina can be classified as physical agency, emotional agency, or elite agency. Each form of agency is then characterized by the female characters of the lower, middle, or upper classes within the novel. Burney’s uncouth characterization of the lower classes corresponds with physical agency, or the physical ability to create agency outside of social expectations, while elite agency allows upper-class and aristocratic women to act as they wish without public censure. Middle-class Evelina’s emotional agency, accessible to readers through the epistolary format of the novel, relies on her understanding of propriety, sensibilities, and interpersonal connections as a means of navigating social situations and class mobility. Burney’s tiered construction of women’s agency reinforces the importance of sensibility and emotional honesty across highly gendered class lines.    

scholarly journals "I'm quite regardless what the world can say!": Marriage, Media, Agency and the New Female Coterie in the Late Eighteenth Century

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Rachel Boddy
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
Female Agency ◽  
Women's Agency ◽  
Late Eighteenth Century ◽  
The World ◽  
Late Eighteenth ◽  
Women’S Agency

<p>The New Female Coterie was a group of disgraced upper-class women in the late eighteenth century traditionally dismissed as ‘scandalous’, ‘fallen’ or victims. This thesis re-evaluates these women, exploring the ways in which they utilised their agency to navigate divorce and separation proceedings which were designed for the benefit of men. It also investigates the constraints, such as family or wealth, that restricted their agency. The thesis further considers the ways in which the women were empowered by combining as a collective. This thesis utilises under-examined sources such as satirical cartoons, pamphlets, and The Rambler’s Magazine to show that media itself could constrain women either by side-lining women’s agency or by portraying it as a negative and dangerous thing. Media representations of the New Female Coterie provide evidence of the sex panics which, historians argue, reached their apex in the 1790s. This thesis posits instead that anxieties regarding women’s sexual behaviour originated earlier than is often suggested. By examining the under-explored women of the New Female Coterie, this thesis contributes to scholarship on female agency in the Georgian period.</p>

scholarly journals Re-thinking the feminist agenda in selected female authored Zimbabwean literature

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-40
Author(s):  
Salachi Naidoo ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Women Writers ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Women's Agency ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
African Feminism ◽  
Female Authorship ◽  
Women’S Agency ◽  
Gender Based

This article investigates the feminist agenda in female authored Zimbabwean literature, with emphasis on the novel. It focuses largely on Virginia Phiri's Destiny and Highway Queen as well as Violet Masilo's The African Tea Cosy. The paper argues that Zimbabwean female authorship is flavoured with precepts of African feminism(s) in its representations of African women's agency in gender adversities. Framed within African feminism, women's agency derives from and gives meaning to an inescapable African-ness that needs to be accepted in the fight for emancipation. In light of this, the study analyses Zimbabwean women writers’ literary contributions to discourses on gender based violence and it explores how female characters have embraced the concept of agency to recreate their identities and to introduce a new gender ethos in the context of lives that are often shaped by severe restrictions and oppression. Although largely women focused, the African feminist text is concerned about the survival of both men and women.

scholarly journals "I'm quite regardless what the world can say!": Marriage, Media, Agency and the New Female Coterie in the Late Eighteenth Century

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Rachel Boddy
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
Female Agency ◽  
Women's Agency ◽  
Late Eighteenth Century ◽  
The World ◽  
Late Eighteenth ◽  
Women’S Agency

<p>The New Female Coterie was a group of disgraced upper-class women in the late eighteenth century traditionally dismissed as ‘scandalous’, ‘fallen’ or victims. This thesis re-evaluates these women, exploring the ways in which they utilised their agency to navigate divorce and separation proceedings which were designed for the benefit of men. It also investigates the constraints, such as family or wealth, that restricted their agency. The thesis further considers the ways in which the women were empowered by combining as a collective. This thesis utilises under-examined sources such as satirical cartoons, pamphlets, and The Rambler’s Magazine to show that media itself could constrain women either by side-lining women’s agency or by portraying it as a negative and dangerous thing. Media representations of the New Female Coterie provide evidence of the sex panics which, historians argue, reached their apex in the 1790s. This thesis posits instead that anxieties regarding women’s sexual behaviour originated earlier than is often suggested. By examining the under-explored women of the New Female Coterie, this thesis contributes to scholarship on female agency in the Georgian period.</p>

scholarly journals A influência de Shakespeare em Grande sertão: veredas – as Três Mulheres e os Três Metais / Shakespeare’s Influence in Grande sertão: veredas – The Three Women and the Three Metals

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Daniel Cavalcanti Atroch
Keyword(s):  
William Shakespeare ◽  
Precious Metals ◽  
King Lear ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
Gold Silver ◽  
True Love ◽  
Joao Guimaraes Rosa ◽  
The Right

Resumo: Este artigo aborda como é atualizado, no Grande sertão: veredas, um motivo fundamental para a tragédia Rei Lear: a escolha amorosa envolvendo três mulheres relacionadas ao ouro, à prata e ao chumbo. A simbologia subjacente aos metais é determinante para a caracterização das personagens femininas tanto do romance quanto da tragédia, analisadas, aqui, em perspectiva comparativa. Em Rei Lear, os metais preciosos, o ouro e a prata, estão associados a Goneril e Reagan, as filhas más que herdam o reino, enquanto Cordélia, a filha bondosa e preferida do rei, é representada pelo chumbo e acaba deserdada. Em Grande sertão: veredas, o ouro e a prata figuram na caracterização de Nhorinhá, a prostituta por quem Riobaldo se apaixona, e Otacília, sua esposa, enquanto Diadorim, o verdadeiro amor, está relacionado ao chumbo e permanece sublimado. Assim, os metais preciosos simbolizam, em ambas as obras, o equívoco amoroso, enquanto o chumbo guarda a mulher certa – Cordélia na tragédia, e Diadorim no romance. Diadorim e Cordélia possuem, ainda, outras analogias: ambas são filhas de grandes líderes, dedicam fidelidade irrestrita ao pai, possuem ligação com o arquétipo da donzela-guerreira e suas mortes representam momentos de anagnórisis para Riobaldo e Lear.Palavras-chave: literatura comparada; Grande sertão: veredas; João Guimarães Rosa; Rei Lear; William Shakespeare.Abstract: This article discusses how it is updated, in Grande sertão: veredas, a fundamental theme for the tragedy King Lear: the love choice involving three women related to gold, silver and lead. The symbology related to the metals is decisive for the characterization of the female characters of both the novel and the tragedy, analyzed here, in a comparative perspective. In King Lear, the precious metals, gold and silver, are associated with Goneril and Reagan, the evil daughters who inherit the kingdom, while Cordelia, Lear’s kind and preferred daughter, is represented by lead and ends up disinherited. In Grande sertão: veredas, gold and silver emerge in the characterization of Nhorinhá, the prostitute with whom Riobaldo falls in love, and Otacília, his wife, while Diadorim, the true love, is related to lead, and remains sublimated. Thus, the precious metals, in both works, symbolize the loving mistake, while the lead keeps the right woman – Cordelia, in the tragedy, and Diadorim in the novel. Diadorim and Cordélia also have other analogies: both are daughters of great leaders, dedicate unrestricted fidelity to their father, have a connection with the warrior-maiden archetype, and their deaths represent moments of anagnorisis for Riobaldo and Lear.Keywords: comparative literature; Grande sertão: veredas; João Guimarães Rosa; King Lear; William Shakespeare.

scholarly journals Unveiling Women Marginalization in Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (I) ◽  
pp. 84-89
Author(s):  
Saira Siraj ◽  
Muhammad Tahir Anjum ◽  
Abdus Samad
Keyword(s):  
Textual Analysis ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
The West ◽  
Class Differences ◽  
The Status ◽  
Theoretical Foundations ◽  
Status Of Women ◽  
Better Than

The present study pursues the primaeval customs of patriarchy and its tormenting effects happening in the lives of women in Pakistan. The purpose of this research is to explore how patriarchal traditions, class differences, and their triple marginalization in the novel played chaos in the lives of females. Though the existing status of women is traditionally much better than that of women in the West but still they are not empowered and are deprived of basic rights. GC Spivak provides the theoretical foundations for this research through her theory, can the subaltern speak (1988). This research is based on qualitative textual analysis. The present study explores the status of women in Pakistan through the characterization of various female characters in the novel. This study concludes that they are portrayed as compliant and deserted beings deprived of every kind of individualism.

PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER KEMANDIRIAN BAGI PEREMPUAN DALAM NOVEL LOVE SPARKS IN KOREA KARYA ASMA NADIA (Pendekatan Analisis Gender)

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-272
Author(s):  
Helda Lendari
Keyword(s):  
Character Education ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
Education Material ◽  
Library Research ◽  
The Social

Women have similarities between humans in the main teachings of Islam. However, in today’s society women are still regarded as weak creatures compared to men, women have only a role as a wife and mother. Women can not develop their potential because of the phenomenon of gender inequality that occurs in society. Love’s novel Love Sparks in Korea by Asma Nadia has an idea or idea that conveys women’s struggles in facing the problem of Gender, leading to the characterization of female heritage. With their weaknesses, the character of independence has been embedded in them so that they are able to deal with the phenomenon of gender justice that occurs in the community in various areas of life, such as social, economic, educational, cultural and religious fields.Using the method of gender analysis, ie the differences between men and women in roles, functions, rights, responsibilities, and behaviors that are shaped by the social, cultural and cultural values of the research community groups that will be undertaken in the novel Love Sparks in Korea by Asma Nadia, aims to find some quotes that show the character of independence education for women. This research is research library or library research that is qualitative. The intended literature research is to make library materials in the form of books, scientific magazines, documents and other materials that can be used as a source of reference in research. This study also uses a literary approach to gender literature using feminist literary criticism.The results of this study indicate that the independence character education for women in Love’s novel Love Sparks in Korea by Asma Nadia is found in several female characters in the novel which is able to have the character of politics independence independence, education independence, cultural independence and religious independence. The education of women’s independence character in the female characters of Love Sparks in Korea novel by Asma Nadia has relevance to Islamic Religious Education material in SMA / SMK / MA 2013 curriculum in everyday life. The value of Islamic Education should be applied in everyday life, especially Faith and Taqwa of Muslim women today, because a Muslim woman is required to be a smart, independent, creative woman and always keep her faith and devotion to face modern life.

scholarly journals The Literary Style of Javanese Female Characters in the Novel Jemini by Suparto Brata

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-158
Author(s):  
Krisnani Wiryadiningsih ◽  
Teguh Supriyanto ◽  
Bambang Indiatmoko
Keyword(s):  
Women Leaders ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
Text Data ◽  
The Public ◽  
Literary Research ◽  
Interesting Part

Women in the journey of human life have an important role, namely; give birth, nurture and educate their children. Mental education for women began to be developed, one of them through literary novels. The Novel Jemini by Suparto Brata presents the femininity of Javanese women from an objective point of view. Another interesting part of the novel is the strong characterization of Javanese women. This is emphasized by the use of various styles of language and diction which aim to uncover the struggle for life of Javanese women leaders. The objectives of this study are (1) Describe the characterization of Javanese women in the novel Jemini by Suparto Brata; (2) Uncovering the struggle for life of Javanese female characters in the novel Jemini by Suparto Brata; (3) Describing the lliterary style of Javanese female characters in the novel Jemini by Suparto Brata. This literary research uses the approach of feminism which is sulking in the Javanese feminism model. The data used in the form of fragments of text in the novel Jemini by Suparto Brata contained the characterization of Javanese women. Source of text data in the novel as a whole. The study’s method is semiotic structuralism with hermeneutic techniques. The results of this study indicate the feminism of Javanese women in the characterization of the novel Jemini by Suparto Brata. The lliterary style of the female characters in the novel consists of; words, sentences, phrases, figurative languages ​​show the existence of feminism in the novel Jemini by Suparto Brata. The character of Javanese women in the novel is clever, broad-minded, always curious, shy, agile, nimble, diligent in working, strong-minded, patient and accepting, sympathetic, respectful towards parents, and adults.This research raises awareness for the public about the role of women.  

Twenty-five Somonis for a Good Future

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Roche
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Good Luck ◽  
Female Agency ◽  
Women's Agency ◽  
Female Behavior ◽  
Conscious Decision ◽  
Women’S Agency ◽  
The Life Course

In Tajikistan the concept of “womanhood” developed in the Soviet period remains at odds with local conceptions of gender roles. These competing forms of female agency force young women to creatively shape their future, drawing on the paradigm of womanhood that befits their life-world. Here, we see how young women take their future into their own hands, in a society that scrutinizes female behavior and seems to restrict women’s agency. Recognizing that an encounter between two people can change the life course of one of them, this article employs a cross-biographic approach to understand women’s agency in Tajikistan. Based on the biographies of a bakhshi (fortune teller) and two young women who visit her, I explore how these two women of marriageable age deal with their emotional world and a society where failure to marry stigmatizes the whole family. The conscious decision of these young women to meet a bakhshi, to actively allow the bakhshi to influence their life course, offers insight on female agency and young women’s strategies in managing their emotions, controlling their futures, and securing good luck (bakht).

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