A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of Arts,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts. / "Why do women read the romance?" cannot be answered by Anglo-American feminist
literary criticism; a critique is brought against feminist definitions of gender and genre, and
the question, "Why did women begin to write (novels)?"
Gender definition and genre formation are integrally interrelated in the modern period; this
can be traced through textual analyses of textual practices in early nineteenth century texts.
Analyses of Wuthering Heights, Emma, and Madame Bovary enable critique to be brought
against tenets central to feminist criticism: the figure and function of the female author; the
definitions of gender, desire and sexuality; the social and the sexual contracts; and the role
of Oedipus in feminist-psychoanalytical debates. Moi's Sexual/Textual Politics provides a.
critique of feminism, Armstrong's Desire and Domestic Fiction a feminist history of the
novel, and Radway's Reading the Romance a feminist account of romance fiction. / Andrew Chakane 2018
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/26222 |
| Date | January 1993 |
| Creators | Kure, Kathryn Susan. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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