Evolution of Women's Rights in Literature: From Bronte to Woolf

 
The
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Woman
Woman
 
 
Question:
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Emily Bronte 
Emily Bronte 
and 
and 
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf
 
EARLY XIX CENTURY
advance of middle
class
Worst conditions for
women:
Rigid sexual and
social behaviour of
Victorian standards
 
MARY
WOLLESTONCRAFT
her «
A vendication of
the rights of woman»
(1798) 
was
considered the first
feminist pamphlet.
 
Family came to
be challenged
by degree
 
Husband
considered as a
tyrant
 
MID XIX CENTURY
Things began to change
 
First step:
Foundation of
colleges for
women
 
Second step:
Married Women’s
property act (1882)
 
Women allowed
by law to own
property after
marriage
 
END OF XIX CENTURY
Women could study and take a
degree at twelve university
colleges
First petitions asking for women’s
suffrage since 1840
 
Woman didn’t get
the right to vote
until 1918
IDE
OLOGI
 
XVII-XVIII
Major change in the direction of
European society.
IDEOLOGICAL
Enlightenment:
all human beings
had the same
rights.
SOCIAL
Industrial revolution:
Women were equal
to men in money-
earning power.
(J. S. Mill, «The
subjetcion of
women», 1869)
XVII-XIX century
Woman question
Emily Bronte
1818-1849
 
Both of her parents had Celtic origins:
 this meant for her a background of
fantastic story-telling.
She lived in the desolate Yorkshire moors:
In this enviroment her imagination was
constantly stimulated by nature.
 
Emily’s novel and poems:
Passion and feelings;
Violent impulse to break through life’s
conventions;
Desperate need for a freer world of the
spirit;
Power of imagination
 
 
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
(1847)
 
« a modern love story »
 
It describes the life-long passion between
Heathcliff, a dark romantic hero, and
Catherine Linton, a passionate young
woman oppresed and divided by social
conventions.
 
Wild spirit;
For the first time in Victorian literature
there is a passionate love;
Exaltation of feelings over reason and of
a mystical union with nature.
Two narrators: complex shifting of the
point of view.
 
Setting:
 
Wuthering Heights
(up on the moor)
 
Home of
unrestrained passion
and istinct.
 
Trushcross Grange
(in the valley)
 
Home of social
convention
«So he shall never know how I love him:
and that, not because he's handsome,
Nelly, but becouse he's more myself
than I am. Whatever our souls are
made of, his and mine are the same;
and Linton's is as different as a
moonbeam from lightning, or frost
from fire»
 
XX century Women’s
 
road to 
equality
 
First step:
 
The role of women, their psychological
and intellectual characteristics and their
relationship were amply debated.
 
Work which marks the beginning of
woman consciousness:
 
A room of One’s Own (1929) 
by
Virginia Woolf stresses the
necessity for women to gain
economic and intellectual
freedom.
 
Rise of the women’s
movement:
Since 1945 a new feminism
began to form and express
itself, especially in the USA.
 
Founding of 
NOW
 
National organization for
women
«Lock up your libraries if you like; but
there is no gate, no lock, no bolt
that you can set upon the freedom
of my mind.»
 
Sex simbol:
In the same years,
women were
becaming sex symbols
in advertising, the
cinema and the media.
 
The actress Marilyn
Monroe became the
iconic rapresentation of
the woman in
consumer society.
 
Sylvia Plath
The American poet became a
charismatic figure for the feminists of the
60s and 70s for her tragic death (suicide)
that made her a symbol of the tensions
and the sufferings to which many
women are subjected in society.
 
Toni Morrison
The first black woman
to be awarded the
Noble Prize for
literature.
 
Original women’s
voices:
Andy Warhol, Marylin
Diptych (1962)
Sylvia Plath
Her novel «Beloved»
combines the issues of
race and gender in
American society
 
Realized by:
Bruno Agnese Lucia
Magistro Damiana
Sciacca Maria
Scuderi Manuela
 
Anno Scolastico 2016/2017
Classe V sez B scientifico
 
Sources:
Cattaneo-De Flaviis,Millennium,
Signorelli;
Google images.
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The evolution of women's rights in literature spans from the works of Emily Bronte, with her passionate defiance of societal norms in "Wuthering Heights," to Virginia Woolf's call for economic and intellectual freedom in the feminist classic "A Room of One's Own." This journey reflects the struggles and advancements in women's roles and equality from the 17th to the 20th century, encapsulating the power of imagination, love, and the fight for liberation.


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  1. The Woman Question: Emily Bronte and Virginia Woolf

  2. XVII-XIX century Woman question MARY WOLLESTONCRAFT her A vendication of the rights of woman (1798) was considered the first feminist pamphlet. XVII-XVIII EARLY XIX CENTURY advance of middle class Major change in the direction of European society. IDE SOCIAL Industrial revolution: Women were equal to men in money- earning power. IDEOLOGICAL Enlightenment: all human beings had the same rights. Worst conditions for women: Rigid sexual and social behaviour of Victorian standards OLOGI Family came to be challenged by degree Husband considered as a tyrant (J. S. Mill, The subjetcion of women , 1869) END OF XIX CENTURY Women could study and take a degree at twelve university colleges First petitions asking for women s suffrage since 1840 MID XIX CENTURY Things began to change Second step: Married Women s property act (1882) First step: Foundation of colleges for women Women allowed by law to own property after marriage Woman didn t get the right to vote until 1918

  3. Emily Bronte Emily Bronte 1818 1818--1849 1849 Both of her parents had Celtic origins: this meant for her a background of fantastic story-telling. She lived in the desolate Yorkshire moors: In this enviroment her imagination was constantly stimulated by nature. Emily s novel and poems: Passion and feelings; Violent impulse to break through life s conventions; Desperate need for a freer world of the spirit; Power of imagination

  4. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1847) a modern love story Wild spirit; It describes the life-long passion between Heathcliff, a dark romantic hero, and Catherine Linton, a passionate young woman oppresed and divided by social conventions. For the first time in Victorian literature there is a passionate love; Exaltation of feelings over reason and of a mystical union with nature. Two narrators: complex shifting of the point of view. So he shall never know how I love him: and that, not because he's handsome, Nelly, but becouse he's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same; and Linton's is as different as a moonbeam from lightning, or frost from fire Setting: Trushcross Grange (in the valley) Wuthering Heights (up on the moor) Home of social convention Home of unrestrained passion and istinct.

  5. XX century Womens road to equality First step: The role of women, their psychological and intellectual characteristics and their relationship were amply debated. Work which marks the beginning of woman consciousness: A room of One s Own (1929) by Virginia Woolf stresses the necessity for women to gain economic and intellectual freedom. Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind. Rise of the women s movement: Since 1945 a new feminism began to form and express itself, especially in the USA. Founding of NOW National organization for women

  6. Original womens voices: Sylvia Plath The American poet became a charismatic figure for the feminists of the 60s and 70s for her tragic death (suicide) that made her a symbol of the tensions and the sufferings to which many women are subjected in society. Toni Morrison The first black woman to be awarded the Noble Prize for literature. Sylvia Plath Her novel Beloved combines the issues of race and gender in American society

  7. Realized by: Bruno Agnese Lucia Magistro Damiana Sciacca Maria Scuderi Manuela Anno Scolastico 2016/2017 Classe V sez B scientifico Sources: Cattaneo-De Flaviis,Millennium, Signorelli; Google images.

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