FEMINISM IN JANE AUSTEN'S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE | ||
| journal of Human Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 12, May 2018, Pages 523-536 | ||
| Author | ||
| KANEEZ ZEHRA SHAHNAZ SULTANA | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Was Jane Austen a feminist?Very often this question has been asked by many critics. But before answering this question, let’s define feminism. Feminism is generally defined as a “philosophy in which women and their contributors are valued. It's based on social, political and economical equality for women." "Feminism is a movement that seeks to enhance the quality of women's lives by impacting the norms and moves of a society based on male dominance and female sub-ordination.”My aims for writing this paper are to show the problem of feminism is basically concerned with the education and place of women. Jane Austen was dealing with the issue of her time: women's role in society. We may examine the element of feminism in one of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice, keeping in mind the position of women in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. For this purpose, | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Jane Austen; philosophy; feminism; Sub; ordination | ||
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