Women's writing in English

Gender is very consistent term in our life and thus due to its extensiveness, sometimes we fail to comprehend the meaning of this term and mix it with the meaning of sex. In Judith Lorber’s “Night to His Day: The Social Construction of Gender”, she had tried to explain, academically, what gender is. The discussion in this paper is about the basis of gender construction and its process of enlargement throughout time. Is it nature or nurture? “Night to His Day” is a relevant discussion for my…

Kranawetter English 102 Mr. Jaroski 7 April, 2024 Feminist Lens of Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five, written by Kurt Vonnegut, has an uncommon overview of the feminist critical lens which has a variety of traits and details about female characters that make this particular lens unique in its own way. The idea of feminism is a movement toward the embracing of rights and freedom for women who have been shunned out by men. The purpose of this essay is to discover the truth about women’s role…

freely. American literate styles changes as time goes on. These styles change because of historical events that may have taken place during that time and along with these event, the view of man changes and these different viewpoints can be seen in the writing. During the Settlement Period (1620-1700) two groups of people were trying to move to America…

creating the logo, helping design the poster, set, and costume designs, and practicing and acting in the play. We decided to write the script as a group by dividing up what needed to be written. I, along with Natalie, was assigned the task of writing about Jennifer Lawrence. As a whole, we wrote the introduction and transitional lines and edited the entire play. In the section of the play Natalie and I wrote, we focused on the concepts of socialization and inequality. As it was stated…

orthodox society that defines women’s sole identity is to produce human species and to be care takers.She emancipates herself from the claustrophobic norms and social constraints thrust upon her. This paper studies the growing awareness among women regarding their desires, self-definition,…

novel "Orphan Train" was born in Cambridge, England, and raised there as well as in the Maine and American South. She has graduated Cambridge, Yale, and the University of Virginia. She has taught nonfiction and fiction writing, poetry, English literature, literary theory, and women’s studies at Yale, Drew University, and NYU, and served as Writer-in-Residence at Fordham University for four years. Christina Baker Kline is the author of five novels, including the #1 New York Times bestselling…

Australia Stephanie Natolo, Griffith University, Australia Abstract: Heritage language maintenance in Australia faces great challenges. In Australia, English is the dominant official language de facto, whilst Spanish is a community language. Spanish is primarily learnt and used in the home with parents and other family members, however, English holds power via hegemonic means, and is used in a multiplicity of domains. This paper presents an exploratory qualitative and quantitative study…

Double-consciousness is a theme that has followed many African American authors; in Passing Irene who is a strong advocate for blacks and black culture for the first time experiences the overweight burdens of race rather than the good that comes from being black. “Irene Redfield wished, for the first time in her life, that she has not been born a Negro. For the first time she suffered and rebelled because she was unable to disregard the burden of race” (Larsen 592). Double consciousness causes…

Cisneros has received many awards for her literature, including the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 1995 and the Texas Medal of the Arts Award in 2003. Some of her literary works include “Caramelo, My Wicked Wicked Ways, Loose Woman, Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories.” (Cisneros) The book Cisneros is most famous for is her book “The House on Mango Street,” and dedicated this book “A las Mujeres,” “To the Women.” (Cisneros) The House on Mango Street is centered on one of Cisneros main…

from her grandmother and later on her mother. The internal and external spiritual forces take effect primarily by means of Liu Xin’s ghost and Ruth’s ghostwriting. Being silenced, writing becomes the avenue for Ruth to vent her own voice and have it appreciated. The communication between Ruth and her mother by means of writing starts when Ruth is six years old. In that year the tension between Ruth and her mother reaches a peak in the accident in which Ruth’s arm is broken. Ruth temporarily…