The construction of the new female identity in Virginia Woolf's To the lighthouse and Margaret Laurence's A jest of god
Author(s): Zinah Abdulhur Jabbar
Abstract: Literature has always been a discrete area for women through which they express their hopes, desires and fears. The female character has long been associated with the usual strict stereotypes as passive, irrational, weak and compassionate. They have always been seen as the weakest sex in need of a savior, restricting their function to being saved rather than rescuing others. This study deals with two novels published in the 20th century, Virginia Woolf’s
To The Lighthouse (1927) and
Margaret Laurence’s
A Jest of God (1966) whose heroines are a good example of the new female who fights to construct her new identity in two different countries, England and Canada. Woolf recognizes that women have been prohibited from society and from writing in their own voice. Thus,
To the Lighthouse constitutes a feminist analysis of the rejection of women from education and economic independence. At that time, marriage, divorce and child custody were of great importance, which explains the attitude of the male characters towards the artist Lily Briscoe, a spinster.
DOI: 10.33545/27068919.2024.v6.i6a.1195Pages: 57-61 | Views: 30 | Downloads: 10Download Full Article: Click Here
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Zinah Abdulhur Jabbar.
The construction of the new female identity in Virginia Woolf's To the lighthouse and Margaret Laurence's A jest of god. Int J Adv Acad Stud 2024;6(6):57-61. DOI:
10.33545/27068919.2024.v6.i6a.1195
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