How has the process of detecting intertextual relationships between texts also enriched your understanding of a significant cultural issue or idea?
Bridget Jones's Diary and Bridget Jones: “The Edge of Reason" (2000) interrogate these assumptions and characterize as a particularly American myth the ideal of self-perfection. The novels recall in contrast the world of Jane Austen's fiction, in which self-perfection is treated ironically. –Kelly A. Marsh, Contextualizing Bridget Jones, West Chester University, 2004
After reading both Pride and Prejudice (1813) by Jane Austin and Bridget Jones’ Diary (1993) by Helen Fielding, I was able to find that the cultural issue of self-perfection was present in both novels. Though the two novels were …show more content…
What she chooses to change about herself greatly reflects the society of the time and how their ideals are focused more on appearance than on actual personality. The sheer amount of things to be done in order to prepare for a date is so time-consuming they take a whole day for Bridget to get through.
Within this evidence many 20th century ideals are operating: notions of beauty, health, hairlessness all associated with feminine ideals
Use a feminist like Naomi Wolf and The Beauty Myth to enhance the depth of your ideas.
The variances in Bridget Jones’ Diary from Pride and Prejudice tell us a great deal about the changes in society’s ideals of self-perfection. Even simple things, such as their living situation, can tell us a great deal. Elizabeth lives with her family until she gets married and lives with her husband, as opposed to Bridget, who lives on her own. The fact that Bridget doesn’t remain with her family shows the changes in society, where women no longer have to rely on men/their family and instead have more independence. The more explored variance of perfection also reflects
Bridget Jones's Diary and Bridget Jones: “The Edge of Reason" (2000) interrogate these assumptions and characterize as a particularly American myth the ideal of self-perfection. The novels recall in contrast the world of Jane Austen's fiction, in which self-perfection is treated ironically. –Kelly A. Marsh, Contextualizing Bridget Jones, West Chester University, 2004
After reading both Pride and Prejudice (1813) by Jane Austin and Bridget Jones’ Diary (1993) by Helen Fielding, I was able to find that the cultural issue of self-perfection was present in both novels. Though the two novels were …show more content…
What she chooses to change about herself greatly reflects the society of the time and how their ideals are focused more on appearance than on actual personality. The sheer amount of things to be done in order to prepare for a date is so time-consuming they take a whole day for Bridget to get through.
Within this evidence many 20th century ideals are operating: notions of beauty, health, hairlessness all associated with feminine ideals
Use a feminist like Naomi Wolf and The Beauty Myth to enhance the depth of your ideas.
The variances in Bridget Jones’ Diary from Pride and Prejudice tell us a great deal about the changes in society’s ideals of self-perfection. Even simple things, such as their living situation, can tell us a great deal. Elizabeth lives with her family until she gets married and lives with her husband, as opposed to Bridget, who lives on her own. The fact that Bridget doesn’t remain with her family shows the changes in society, where women no longer have to rely on men/their family and instead have more independence. The more explored variance of perfection also reflects