The appropriation of madness in the literary liberation of women

The appropriation of madness in the literary liberation of women

This is a comparative essay of the representations of unconventional women portrayed in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper (1892), Susan Glaspell’s The Verge (1921) and Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl (2012). The essay explores and investigates the ways these three female authors appropriate...

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Main Author: Nur Izzati Ariffin
Other Authors: Yong Wern Mei
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62855
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-628552019-12-10T12:18:39Z The appropriation of madness in the literary liberation of women Nur Izzati Ariffin Yong Wern Mei School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Humanities::Language::English This is a comparative essay of the representations of unconventional women portrayed in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper (1892), Susan Glaspell’s The Verge (1921) and Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl (2012). The essay explores and investigates the ways these three female authors appropriate madness to give voice to their silenced female protagonists. Although written in different historical eras, the three pieces of creative writing — a short story, a three-act play and a contemporary murder mystery — share the commonality of exploring the changing and often complex roles of women in society. Bachelor of Arts 2015-04-30T03:03:57Z 2015-04-30T03:03:57Z 2015 2015 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62855 en Nanyang Technological University 42 p. application/msword
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description This is a comparative essay of the representations of unconventional women portrayed in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper (1892), Susan Glaspell’s The Verge (1921) and Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl (2012). The essay explores and investigates the ways these three female authors appropriate madness to give voice to their silenced female protagonists. Although written in different historical eras, the three pieces of creative writing — a short story, a three-act play and a contemporary murder mystery — share the commonality of exploring the changing and often complex roles of women in society.
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