The Romantic Literatue

Feminism in Sense and Sensibility:

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Name: Mital M. Raval

Roll No: 19

M.A. SEM: 

Batch Year: 2016 – 2018

Enrollment No: 2069108420170026

Email id: ravalmital5292@gmail.com

Paper Name: Romantic Literature

Assignment Topic: Feminism in Sense and sensibility

Submitted to: smt s. b. Garadi
                      Department of english
                      M. K. bhavnager

                            

Introduction of author:

             Jane Austen was born in 16 December 1775 and died in 18 July 1817. She was an English novelist and also feminist writer known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18^th century. Austen’s plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favorable social standing and economic security. Her works critique the novel of sensibility of the second half of the 18^th century and part of the transition to 19^th century literary realism.

           Jane Austen’s novel from 1995 to 2005 interplay the feminist issues that become the mainstream issue highlight. Jane Austen has very popular and innovative writer. She has portrayed very well feminist issues in her novel. Jane Austen’s novel in that time they revealed only the most “distant recognition of the feeling” and awareness of the “passion’’. In her work to Jane say that to female has to marginalization in society and we see that to her five best novel to woman has situation bad and face to every time in give money, sacrifices, love and man neglected to women. Jane Austen best six novels are like that,

1)    Sense and Sensibility

2)    Persuasion

3)    Emma

4)    Mansfield park

5)    Pride and Prejudice

6)    Northanger Abbey

              Sense and Sensibility is novel by Jane Austen published in 1811. It was published anonymously; by A Lady appears on the cover page where the author’s name might have been. It tells the story of the Deshwood sister Elinor and Marianne, both of age to their new home with their widowed mother, a meager cottage on the property of a distant relative, where they experience love, romance and heartbreak.

Feminist Movement:

                            

          Feminism is a rage of political movements, ideologies and social movements that share a common goal: to define, establish and achieve political, economic, personal, and social rights for women. This includes for women in education and employment.

      Feminism is a recognized movement in the 18^th century and 19^th century. Female are marginalized in society. During that time many writer are writing for woman. In which most of female writer write for woman, hiding their name and also write with the pan name or take some male name because of stereotype behaviors of society and also men.

       Feminist movement is divided in to three waves. Each waves dealt with different aspects of the same feminist issues.

(1)The first wave comprised women’s suffrage movements of the nineteenth and early twentieth century’s, promoting women’s right to vote.

(2) The second wave was associated with the ideas and action of the women’s liberation movement beginning in the 1960s. The second wave campaigned for legal and social equality for women’s.

(3) The third wave is a continuation of, and a reaction to, the perceived failures of second wave – feminism, being in the 1990s.

Some feminist writer:

-Mary Wollstonecraft

- Amelia Bloomer

- Simone De Beauvoir

- Alice Paul

- Lucy Stone

- Elizabeth Stanton

- Susan B. Anthony           etc…..

Jane Austen as Feminist:

                              

 

          Jane Austen was very creative minder and intellectual writer. She and her sister both are write together. She has very popular and innovative writer to portray feminist issues in all her novel. In her all novel female has struggle towards male dominated society. In her work we see that female has marginalized in society. In her five famous novels we see that women have very badly in condition, sacrifices love and man neglected to woman. In her novel “Sense and Sensibility” three sister, Elinor, Marianne and Margret they are mature, but as female face social problem in this novel. Jane Austen had woman spectator expands not only as feminist, female and feminine, she portrayed to woman in society. So, now Jane has feminist author and she wrote to woman identities in this novel “Sense and Sensibility” and she applies to feminist approach in the novel.

Feminism in Sense and sensibility:

              In this novel we see much female character like fanny, Mrs. Dashwood, Mrs., Middleton, Mrs. Jennings, Mrs. Farra's and three Dashwood sisters Elinor, Marianne and Margret. In these following female character three Deshwood sisters is at the center of the novel. And they become feminist heroin of this novel. For the point of view of feminism three women character Elinor, Marianne and Margret are very important character.


Elinor: