Male Representations in Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own
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A Room of One's Own can be categorized as a 'feminist manifesto' because it discusses the
role of women in the history of literature. Woolf argues that women are oppressed and
explains why women are prevented from writing fiction. Further, A Room of One's Own raises
many critical issues that are still significant for women of our contemporary world and hence
suggests some of the materialist reasons for the oppression of women from Antigone to the
present. To Woolf, educating women is the major momentum in their liberation because that is
the only way for them to be treated 'equally'. Through female representations in the book,
Woolf presents the conditions of men and the mindset of the society. This qualitative study
aimed to determine male representations as perceived by undergraduate English Language and
Literature students. Male chauvinism, male domination and male freedom were found to be the
dominant themes.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Kaynakça
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Türk Halk Bilimi
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
20 Eylül 2019
Gönderilme Tarihi
10 Ekim 2018
Kabul Tarihi
10 Mart 2019
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2019 Cilt: 25 Sayı: 97