Jane Austin: Modern Supremacy
Jane Austin: Modern Supremacy
Author(s): May Hasan Srayisah AlkubaisiSubject(s): Gender Studies, Other Language Literature, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: Austen; feminism; modernity; morality; postcolonialism; realism;
Summary/Abstract: Two hundred years after the publication of Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen’s work surprises with an unexpected modernity and actuality. Her novels have been adapted for TV and the big screen, and sequels have been written by enthusiastic followers. This study is conducted to assess the effects of the importance of Jane's thoughts in modern community, such as social injustice, power of hope, accuracy, challenge, loyalty, free will, self-improvement and honour, and how her fiction affected the audience till nowadays. Her modernity is seen through the mirror of realism, feminism, morality, and postcolonialism.
Journal: Revista de Științe Politice. Revue des Sciences Politiques
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 66
- Page Range: 150-160
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
