Den läsande hjältinnan : Kön, begär och intimitet i tre romaner av Fredrika Bremer
This thesis explores fictional representations of women’s reading practices in the early novels of Fredrika Bremer. I examine these in relation to the negotiations of reading habits in Sweden and Europe during the 1830’s, particularly pertaining to questions of gender, intimacy, desire, and corporea...
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ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-uu-3535572019-11-27T22:09:00ZDen läsande hjältinnan : Kön, begär och intimitet i tre romaner av Fredrika BremersweWallin Bergström, CamillaUppsala universitet, Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen2018Fredrika Bremerhistory of readingsexualitygenderinteriorityintimacyempathythe reading debateHumanities and the ArtsHumaniora och konstThis thesis explores fictional representations of women’s reading practices in the early novels of Fredrika Bremer. I examine these in relation to the negotiations of reading habits in Sweden and Europe during the 1830’s, particularly pertaining to questions of gender, intimacy, desire, and corporeality. The material consists of three novels (The Family H***, The Neighbours and Home), in which the motif of women’s reading plays a significant part. In the four chapters of the thesis, I analyse key aspects of gender and reading in Bremer’s novels: 1) the popular stereotype of obsessive novel reading, and how this specific practice is portrayed in relation to the duties of a wife and mother, as well as to intimacy and secrecy; 2) representations of corrupted or illicit readers, whose reading practices disturbs the confines of nineteenth-century femininity; and 3) how these characters may challenge or bypass the restrictions of gender roles through fictional engagement. The thesis argues that Bremer’s representations of women’s reading are more complex and varied than has previously been recognized, and it reveals new aspects of these representations, such as the significance of intimacy with oneself and others in Bremer’s depictions of silent reading practices, and the transgressive power of feminine empathy. <p>Camilla Wallin Bergström heter numera Camilla Wallin Lämsä</p>Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-353557application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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This thesis explores fictional representations of women’s reading practices in the early novels of Fredrika Bremer. I examine these in relation to the negotiations of reading habits in Sweden and Europe during the 1830’s, particularly pertaining to questions of gender, intimacy, desire, and corporeality. The material consists of three novels (The Family H***, The Neighbours and Home), in which the motif of women’s reading plays a significant part. In the four chapters of the thesis, I analyse key aspects of gender and reading in Bremer’s novels: 1) the popular stereotype of obsessive novel reading, and how this specific practice is portrayed in relation to the duties of a wife and mother, as well as to intimacy and secrecy; 2) representations of corrupted or illicit readers, whose reading practices disturbs the confines of nineteenth-century femininity; and 3) how these characters may challenge or bypass the restrictions of gender roles through fictional engagement. The thesis argues that Bremer’s representations of women’s reading are more complex and varied than has previously been recognized, and it reveals new aspects of these representations, such as the significance of intimacy with oneself and others in Bremer’s depictions of silent reading practices, and the transgressive power of feminine empathy. === <p>Camilla Wallin Bergström heter numera Camilla Wallin Lämsä</p> |
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Den läsande hjältinnan : Kön, begär och intimitet i tre romaner av Fredrika Bremer |
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Den läsande hjältinnan : Kön, begär och intimitet i tre romaner av Fredrika Bremer |
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Den läsande hjältinnan : Kön, begär och intimitet i tre romaner av Fredrika Bremer |
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den läsande hjältinnan : kön, begär och intimitet i tre romaner av fredrika bremer |
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Uppsala universitet, Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen |
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