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"My own still shadow-world" : melancholy and feminine intermediacy in Charlotte Brontë's Villette

dc.contributor.advisorClark, Hilaryen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberVargo, Lisaen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberStephanson, Raymond A.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRoy, Wendyen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberFarthing, Geralden_US
dc.creatorMachuca, Danielaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-07-06T10:55:27Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-04T04:42:30Z
dc.date.available2007-07-10T08:00:00Zen_US
dc.date.available2013-01-04T04:42:30Z
dc.date.created2007-07en_US
dc.date.issued2007-07-10en_US
dc.date.submittedJuly 2007en_US
dc.description.abstractLucy Snowe, the heroine of Villette, Charlotte Brontë’s final novel, is in constant conflict with the dichotomies of patriarchal culture. As she is perpetually torn between the opposing forces of patriarchy, Lucy Snowe inhabits what she calls her own “still shadow-world” (Brontë164). This thesis explains the nature of the intermediate space Lucy Snowe occupies and examines its repercussions on her mental state. Chapter One theorizes the effect of patriarchal dichotomies on Lucy Snowe to demonstrate that her mental conflict has its roots in the female experience of the opposition between nature and culture. Chapter Two’s analysis of the nineteenth-century medical understanding of madness shows that Lucy Snowe’s melancholy is a symptom of the intermediacy created by conflicting patriarchal expectations. Chapter Three compares Lucy Snowe to the female figure in patriarchal master narratives, which draws attention to the serious consequences of patriarchal culture on women and demonstrates that Lucy is representative of women in conflict with patriarchal expectations. Ultimately, as part of Charlotte Brontë’s endeavor to represent “truth” rather than “reality,” Villette challenges patriarchal expectations of women and presents a different vision of womanhood.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-07062007-105527en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectgenderen_US
dc.subjectreasonen_US
dc.subjectimaginationen_US
dc.subjectinsanityen_US
dc.subjectfemale artisten_US
dc.subjectbinaryen_US
dc.subjectintermediacyen_US
dc.subjectpatriarchyen_US
dc.subjectVilletteen_US
dc.subjectLucy Snoween_US
dc.subjectCharlotte Bronteen_US
dc.subjectmadnessen_US
dc.subjectmelancholyen_US
dc.subjectnatureen_US
dc.subjectcultureen_US
dc.subjectrepressionen_US
dc.subjectVictorianen_US
dc.title"My own still shadow-world" : melancholy and feminine intermediacy in Charlotte Brontë's Villetteen_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
dc.type.materialtexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentEnglishen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglishen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Saskatchewanen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US

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