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SHAMING THE LOVE PLOT: INCONVENIENT WOMEN NAVIGATING CONVENTIONAL ROMANCE
| Title: | SHAMING THE LOVE PLOT: INCONVENIENT WOMEN NAVIGATING CONVENTIONAL ROMANCE. |
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| Name(s): |
Wilkey, Brittan, Author Jones, Anna Maria, Committee Chair University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2013 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | The love plot is one of the most widely consumed genres of fiction for women. Romance often dictates a woman's identity and her "story" or narrative, leaving little room for other avenues of self-development. However, when romance fails, even in the realm of fiction, women are left with shame. Shame might suggest a catastrophic aftereffect of the failure of women's initial investment of the love plot; however, I argue that shame functions in place of the love plot and helps to provide a critique of the oppressive and patriarchal nature of conventional romance. Using affect theory, I look at both Mrs. Henry Wood's East Lynne and Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea as they rewrite the love plot typified by Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. | |
| Identifier: | CFH0004437 (IID), ucf:45089 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
2013-05-01 B.A. Arts and Humanities, Dept. of English Bachelors This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): |
jane eyre east lynne wide sargasso sea affect theory sensation novels female complaint love plot conventional romance inconvenient women |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004437 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | public | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
