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1	She's the Man : A Close Reading of Gender in The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West Meurling, Frida January 2016 (has links) This essay focuses on gender behaviour in The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West. The claim for this essay argues that West has changed the traditional gender roles in her novel by giving female characters masculine attributes and the male character feminine attributes. The theoretical framework provides a comparison of how West’s gender construction in her novel differs from older literature. The comparison is carried out by providing examples from two novels from the nineteenth century, in which we can see how men and women could be portrayed. The theoretical framework also discusses feminist theories by Toril Moi, masculinity studies by Alex Hobbs, and typical gender stereotypes according to Jeff Hearn. These theories are used to analyse how the characters’ gender behaviour is affected by social factors and how West deviates from the traditional construction of gender roles. Gender The Return of the Soldier Rebecca West Masculinity Femininity Stereotypes
2	Modernist Aesthetics of "Home" in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway and Rebecca West's the Return of the Soldier Strom, James Harper 01 December 2009 (has links) The First World War wrought untold destruction on the physical and psychological landscape of Europe. For Britain, the immediate post-war period represented no less than a national “nostos,” or homecoming, and few social institutions were so fragmented by the conflict as the home. This thesis will explore the various conceptions of “home,” from the nation and the domestic sphere to post-war consciousness, through the lens of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway and Rebecca West’s The Return of the Soldier. Though unique in style and scope, Woolf and West interrogate and revise pre-war notions of “home” and suggest a Modernist aesthetic of what it is to be both at “home” and at home in the world. Virginia Woolf Rebecca West Modernism World War One Home Aesthetics Britain Nationalism Domesticity Mrs. Dalloway The Return of the Soldier Nostos English Language and Literature
3	Modernist Aesthetics of "Home" in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway and Rebecca West's The Return of the Soldier Strom, James Harper 20 November 2009 (has links) The First World War wrought untold destruction on the physical and psychological landscape of Europe. For Britain, the immediate post-war period represented no less than a national “nostos,” or homecoming, and few social institutions were so fragmented by the conflict as the home. This thesis will explore the various conceptions of “home,” from the nation and the domestic sphere to post-war consciousness, through the lens of Virginia Woolf’s "Mrs. Dalloway" and Rebecca West’s "The Return of the Soldier." Though unique in style and scope, Woolf and West interrogate and revise pre-war notions of “home” and suggest a Modernist aesthetic of what it is to be both at “home” and at home in the world. Aesthetics Home World War One Modernism Rebecca West Virginia Woolf Nostos The Return of the Soldier Mrs. Dalloway Domesticity Nationalism Britain English Language and Literature

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