The Development of Feminist Thought in Modern English Literature
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- 10.2991/978-2-494069-45-9_12How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Feminism; English literature; thought; consciousness awakening
- Abstract
The 19th century is the greatest period in the history of English literature, with many female writers and works on women. She shook the social and cultural tradition of modern Britain with her keen insight and unique perspective, combined with rational and critical thinking, and expressed her understanding and praise of women’s wisdom and personality charm. Bronte sisters followed, created a lot of strong personality, advanced consciousness of the female image, produced a strong voice of female By analyzing pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre, three outstanding British female works of the 19th century, this paper discusses their similarities and differences. This paper discusses their similarities and differences in the purpose of creation, marriage view and female consciousness, thus revealing the development This paper discusses their similarities and differences in the purpose of creation, marriage view and female consciousness, thus revealing the development and change of British feminist thought in the 19th century [1, 4].
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TY - CONF AU - Yang Zhao PY - 2022 DA - 2022/12/16 TI - The Development of Feminist Thought in Modern English Literature BT - Proceedings of the 2022 2nd International Conference on Modern Educational Technology and Social Sciences (ICMETSS 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 92 EP - 97 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-45-9_12 DO - 10.2991/978-2-494069-45-9_12 ID - Zhao2022 ER -