<論文>『シャーリー』：「イギリス的」でないイギリス社会の物語

[Abstract] Charlotte Bronte\u27s novel Shirley, which deals with suffering middle-class women unfairly marginalized in society, critically depicts the condition of contemporary England. In its criticism of patriarchal English society, the novel suggests its un-Englishness. In Shirley, as a general rule, Englishness represents virtues, while un-Englishness represents despicable vices and things to be avoided. The novel criticizes the evils of nineteenthcentury England by exploiting such stereotyped nineteenth-century images of Englishness as Protestantism, liberty, being democratic, and foreignness, which are the opposite of Englishness. It ends with a pessimistic view of England without offering any solution to improve the condition of suffering middle-class women and reflects the author\u27s view of the hopelessness of contemporary English society, whose reality contradicts reputed English virtues.著者専攻: 英文