Date Approved
2014
Date Posted
4-2-2014
Degree Type
Open Access Senior Honors Thesis
Department or School
English Language and Literature
First Advisor
Romona Caponegro
Second Advisor
Mary K. Ramsey
Abstract
In the Victorian era, the first wave of feminism surfaced in several influential family novels that modeled the "New Woman" instead of reinstating the "Old Girl." Characters from the novels Little Women, Villette, Jane Eyre, and The Little Lychetts as they modernize the Victorian women in the fin de siecle. Now we see a trend similar to first wave feminism beginning to happen with biology, The Hunger Games and Will Grayson, Will Grayson show examples of how a "New Man" is defined in contemporary society.
Recommended Citation
Korykowski, Geneva, "The emergence of the New Woman in Victorian children's and family literature" (2014). Senior Honors Theses and Projects. 379.
https://commons.emich.edu/honors/379