Women's writing in English

Economic Analyst. In 1992, Foroohar graduated from Barnard College, Columbia University with a Bachelor’s in English Literature. She is TIME’s assistant managing editor, which she has in common with Annette Fuentes who is one of the writers of “Life on the Global Assembly Line.” Annette Fuentes also writes for The Nation, The Village Voice, The Progressive, and In These Times. In the writing world, Fuentes’ opinion is highly respected; therefore, she is a member of the Board of Contributors for…

of their time. Femininity can be described as “the quality or nature of the female gender” (Merriam Webster). In Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, we can connect the traits among several female perspectives to examine the roles and expectations of English women, who were living in a privileged social…

increasingly used to her freedom and is more confident in the decisions that she makes. For instance, she makes numerous decisions concerning her relationship with Kentaro. Although the situation is far direr, her writing does not take on tones of doubt and self-loathing in the way her previous writing…

novel The Quiet American is about two men who fall in love with the same women in Vietnam during the French and Indochina War. The protagonist, Thomas Fowler, and another English journalist, Alden Pyle, both shared a love for Phuong. The author of this novel, Graham Greene, wrote many stories that dealt with American and English involvement in foreign wars. Being born in Berkhamsted Hertfordshire, England, Graham suffered from bipolar disorder which began at age six, when he attempted to kill…

they were considered “persons” in Canada. Women around the world have been fighting for equality for years. One of the leaders in that fight during the 18th century was Mary Wollstonecraft. Wollstonecraft, an English writer, was well known for being one of the biggest advocates for women’s rights. Her novel titled Vindication of the rights of woman illustrates her ideas that helped assist women in the fight for liberty. In the book, Wollstonecraft makes counter arguments writers such as Rousseau…

Chapter 1: From Australia to Arizona: The Early Years of Savannah Guthrie, Her Family Background, and Her Education in Journalism and Law. A Down Under Beginning Savannah Guthrie was born on December 27, 1971, in Melbourne, Australia, where her father, Charles Guthrie, was working as a mining engineer for an American company. Her mother, Nancy Guthrie, was a homemaker who took care of Savannah and her two older siblings, Annie and Camron. Savannah’s parents were both from the United States, and…

While each of these women’s lifestyles varies, the way that their children are brought also vary and bring an amount of uncertainty. In Irene’s and Brian’s marriage, there are several discussions on how much their son Junior should know about reality. Irene, would rather have Junior live in oblivion of what the world is like and shelter him from the troubles he will have to face. Brian feels as though it would be best that as his parents, they inform him of the issues that are being faced in…

Examining Indira Goswami’s story “Sanskara” or “The Offspring” this paper will explore the disabilities and functionalities of region specific caste system in India. As it analyses the complex nuances of marginality in terms of caste, it also reveals the complementary nature of caste and class in certain cases as Indira Goswami has demonstrated, that leads to unique identity formation at multiple levels. In this Story Damayanti’s course of actions heightens the fact how the age old discourse of…

Lord Alfred Tennyson’s Idylls of the King was written in Victorian England and the latest version was published in 1885, though the actual writing process covered a span of almost 50 years. Tennyson bases the series of poems comprising the Idylls on the European myth of King Arthur and the court of Camelot and various other adaptations of that legend. The evolution of Tennyson’s female characters to their final stages underscores an undermining of traditional Victorian gender roles by…

Days after a new constitution was developed in France, she made waves by creating and posting on the walls of Paris a writing that would make her infamous in France: “[The] Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizen” (Jack Richard Censer and Lynn Hunt 124-129). This original source document presented seventeen rights that de Gouges believed women were entitled…