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Transcript: "The novel Pride and Prejudice empowers females more than Bridget Jones’s Diary, despite Bridget Jones being set in a time of feminist equality" "Whatever Literature is, it is dependent on how, when, where, by whom and for what purposes it is read" "Challenge male culture, rather than strategizing to become a part of it" Connection Thesis "Diverse collection of social theories, political movements and moral philosophies" Proposal World Context Approach "Texts are constructed within historical, social, cultural, economic and discursive contexts that govern what can be said and how it can be said." Reader Centred Approaches Natural Superiority Author Centred Approach "The nature of inequality and focus on gender politics, power relations and sexuality" "Caring is more than being benevolently disposed towards humankind in general; it is about being concerned with the specific people who occupy ones emotional space." “Man has said that woman can be defined, delineated, captured, understood, explained, and diagnosed to a level of determination never accorded to man himself, who is conceived as a rational animal with free will”. Intentional Fallacy Intertextual Pairings in Literature Elizabeth Bennet; Marrying for Love Happy to wait, so that the relationship is happy and long lasting "Detached from the author at birth and goes about the world beyond his power to intend about it or control it" Cultural Feminism Feminism Feminism Literary Theory “Words on the page”, not in the author or in the reader.’ "Challenging male culture, rather than strategizing to become a part of it" Thank You for Listening Elizabeth; Her number one priority is her family "Females don’t want to enter the male world of procession and professions" "Masculine qualities of selfishness, violence, and lack of self-control in relation to sexual behaviour" Text Centred Approach "An individual specially gifted with rare insights into the human condition, the author was seen as transcending his or her own culture." "The body of literary texts that have been judged to be classics and therefore worthy of study. Their understood value transcends popularity or fashion." Camilla Guegan The Literary Canon Bridget; Low position, overrun by men, terrible in the kitchen Elizabeth; Content with staying in the female culture "Females and males have inherit differences and as a consequence female difference should be celebrated" "Readers bring their knowledge, experiences, habits, expectations, beliefs and values to the transactions between text and reader." Cultural Feminism Redefinition Theory Elizabeth Bennet; Has three men chasing after her, yet is choosing to marry for love, not wealth Bridget; More Interested in Publics Opinion Bridget Jones; Falling at mens feet World Centred Approach Pride and Prejudice deserves its position in the Literary Canon and ‘Pride and Prejudice empowers females more than Bridget Jones Diary despite Bridget Jones being set in a time of feminist equality.’ "Women are linked to all of human life and that they value their relationships above everything else in life, viewing separation as quintessential harm." Bridget Jones; Not seeking out a steady relationship
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