RT Generic
T1 From Virginia Ambler to Dorinda Oakley: A Comparative Study of Femininity Models in Ellen Glasgow’s Novels
A1 Lado Pazos, Vanesa
K1 Glasgow, Ellen
K1 Feminismo
K1 Feminism
K1 Novels
K1 Novelas
AB The reading that I propose in this study examines the role of Glasgow as a feministwriter and tries to contribute to the process of re-reading this author initiated by criticsin the last decade of the past century and to remark her contribution to this movement.This author grew up with a divided heritage between the tradition of the Old South andthe contemporary changes of the New South which resulted in her ambivalent attituderegarding topics such as race or even gender. However, in this study I argue thatGlasgow sketches in her early phase two opposing models of femininity that aredeveloped in her later works according to a transition from the conservative model ofthe southern lady to a more progressive one embodied in the new woman. In thismanner the author would complete her initial project of revolt at two different levels:against women’s oppression and against the tyranny of the sentimental novel in theSouth by providing a realistic portrait of women since the ante-bellum period to thebeginning of the twentieth century.The corpus selected is formed by three novels that belong to different stages ofGlasgow’s production, covering three decades. The Battle-Ground, one of the author’searly novels, was published in 1902 and here she introduces two opposing models of2femininity through the Ambler sisters. The exploration of their development as well astheir outcome in the story will result in the outline of future models of womanhood.Virginia (1913), the second of the novels studied, has consolidated as one of the majorstudies of the southern lady. The last one, Barren Ground (1925), is Glasgow’s mostacclaimed and studied work. The election of this third novel as part of the corpusintends to link the new type of woman depicted here with the previous antecedents bothin terms of similarity and difference thus highlighting the evolution of the author.
AB A lectura que propoño neste estudo examina o papel de Glasgow como escritora feministae tenta contribuír ao proceso de relectura desta autora iniciado por críticos na última década do século pasado e para destacar a súa contribución a este movemento. A autora creceu cun patrimonio dividido entre a tradición do Vello Sur e os cambios contemporáneos do Novo Sur, que deron lugar á súa actitude ambivalente con respecto a temas como a raza ou incluso o xénero. Glasgow bosquexa na súa primeira fase dous modelos opostos de feminidade segundo unha transición do modelo conservador da dama do sur cara a unha máis avanzada encarnada na nova muller. Nesta forma a autora completaría o seu proxecto inicial de revolta a dous niveis diferentes: contra a opresión das mulleres e contra a tiranía da novela sentimental e  ofrecendo un retrato realista das mulleres do Sur desde o período prebélico ata  comezos do século XX. O corpus seleccionado está formado por tres novelas que pertencen a diferentes etapas de A produción de Glasgow que abarcou tres décadas.  As primeiras novelas, publicáronse en 1902 e aquí introduce dous modelos opostos feminidade a través das irmás Ambler. A exploración do seu desenvolvemento tamén o seu resultado na historia dará lugar ao esquema dos futuros modelos de muller. Virginia (1913), a segunda das novelas estudadas, consolidouse como unha das principais estudos da dama do sur. O último, Barren Ground (1925), é o máis importante de Glasgow obra aclamada e estudada. A elección desta terceira novela como parte do corpus pretende vincular o novo tipo de muller representada aquí cos antecedentes anteriores en termos de semellanza e diferenza destacando así a evolución do autor.
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/20223
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/20223
LA eng
NO Traballo Fin de Máster en Estudos Ingleses Avanzados e as súas Aplicacións. Curso 2018-2019
DS Minerva
RD 22 abr 2026