AN EVALUATION OF PROTO-FEMINISM IN ELIZABETH GASKELL’S CRANFORD

The aim of the study is to examine Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford (1853) to explore to what extent the novel develops a proto-feminist voice through the lives of the female characters. The novel is set in Cranford, inhabited by a group of women limiting themselves into the strict cultural norms of the...

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Autor principal:	Nilay ERDEM AYYILDIZ
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Publicado:	Fırat University 2019
Materias:	elizabeth gaskell, proto feminist, oppression, patriarchy, the victorian period Social Sciences H Social sciences (General) H1-99
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:36395e70064e4bb78fca67716824d5c92021-11-24T09:20:37ZAN EVALUATION OF PROTO-FEMINISM IN ELIZABETH GASKELL’S CRANFORD2148-416310.9761/JASSS7987https://doaj.org/article/36395e70064e4bb78fca67716824d5c92019-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jasstudies.com/index.jsp?mod=tammetin&makaleadi=955909862_16-Dr.%20Nilay%20Erdem%20Ayy%C4%B1ld%C4%B1z.pdf&key=29057https://doaj.org/toc/2148-4163The aim of the study is to examine Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford (1853) to explore to what extent the novel develops a proto-feminist voice through the lives of the female characters. The novel is set in Cranford, inhabited by a group of women limiting themselves into the strict cultural norms of the Victorian period. It presents a patriarchal way of life in contrast to Amazon-like town lives of the women. The Cranfordian ladies are away from being a female community liberated them from patriarchy; conversely, they form just a feminine community that maintains a unity among themselves with patriarchal teachings in their conventional lives by limiting themselves and escaping from capitalist effects even though they end up with interfering with men and capitalism. They lead their lives in accordance with the patriarchal norms because of their marriages or their fathers. Therefore, the study reveals that it is the ladies themselves who oppress each other and make their own lives difficult with their tough social rules. Thus, it indicates that the female characters in the novel do not evoke proto-feminist voice; however, the novel calls the female reader for a feminist action with the ironic portrayal of the patriarchal oppression which the Victorian women put themselves under.Nilay ERDEM AYYILDIZFırat Universityarticleelizabeth gaskell, protofeminist, oppression, patriarchy, the victorian periodSocial SciencesHSocial sciences (General)H1-99DEENFRTRJournal of Academic Social Science Studies , Vol 12, Iss 77, Pp 233-242 (2019)
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description	The aim of the study is to examine Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford (1853) to explore to what extent the novel develops a proto-feminist voice through the lives of the female characters. The novel is set in Cranford, inhabited by a group of women limiting themselves into the strict cultural norms of the Victorian period. It presents a patriarchal way of life in contrast to Amazon-like town lives of the women. The Cranfordian ladies are away from being a female community liberated them from patriarchy; conversely, they form just a feminine community that maintains a unity among themselves with patriarchal teachings in their conventional lives by limiting themselves and escaping from capitalist effects even though they end up with interfering with men and capitalism. They lead their lives in accordance with the patriarchal norms because of their marriages or their fathers. Therefore, the study reveals that it is the ladies themselves who oppress each other and make their own lives difficult with their tough social rules. Thus, it indicates that the female characters in the novel do not evoke proto-feminist voice; however, the novel calls the female reader for a feminist action with the ironic portrayal of the patriarchal oppression which the Victorian women put themselves under.
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AN EVALUATION OF PROTO-FEMINISM IN ELIZABETH GASKELL’S CRANFORD

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