Women and the discourse of marriage: A critical analysis of Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice

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https://doi.org/10.23954/osj.v5i4.2436

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Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice

Abstract

This short article aims to compare the discourse of the characters Jane Eyre from the eponymous novel by Charlotte Brontë, and Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Prejudice by Jane austen, in which both of them refuse marriage proposals. As criteria of comparison its pointed: i) the reasons why they decided to decline the proposals, ii) the way they express their emotions during the moments, iii) the reactions of the male characters after the women’s answers. 

Author Biography

Gabriely Cristina Queiroga Diniz, State University of Paraíba (UEPB)

Department of Modern Languages

References

Alves, Ivia. “Amor e Submissão: Formas de Resistência da Literatura Feminina?” Literatura e Feminismo: Propostas Teóricas e Reflexões Críticas, by Christina Ramalho, Elo, 1999, pp. 107–115.

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Wisehouse Classics, 2016.

Brontë Charlotte. Jane Eyre. London: Simon & Schuster, 2015.

Fuller, Margaret, and Donna Dickenson. Woman in the Nineteenth Century and Other Writings. Oxford University Press, 1994.

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Published

2020-10-20

How to Cite

Diniz, G. C. Q. (2020). Women and the discourse of marriage: A critical analysis of Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice. Open Science Journal, 5(4). https://doi.org/10.23954/osj.v5i4.2436

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Vol. 5 No. 4 (2020): Open Science Journal

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Short Article

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