Title The tradition of consciousness-raising fiction in contemporary popular fiction CHICK LIT /
Translation of Title Sąmoningumo skatinimo tradicija šiuolaikinėje populiariojoje moterų literatūroje "Chick lit".
Authors Gruslytė, Monika ; Taujanskaitė, Aurelija ; Žemaitytė, Erika
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Is Part of Jaunųjų mokslininkų darbai.. Šiauliai : VšĮ Šiaulių universiteto leidykla. 2013, Nr. 1, p. 125-129.. ISSN 1648-8776
Keywords [eng] CHICK LIT ; women's literature ; feminism ; postfeminism ; consciousness-raising fiction ; femininity ; consciousness
Abstract [eng] The cultural, social conditions have been different throughout several past centuries for public expression of women's ideas. The period of romance novels underwent certain restrictions, concerning societal attitudes, material capabilities and emotional freedom of women. The period of modernism brought about the changes, including the feminist ideas, into fiction. Contemporary fiction chick lit, as a postfeminist phenomenon, refers to both the romance novel tradition and feminist ideas of emancipation, displaying them by plots and characters of chick lit fiction, meeting the formulas of popular culture. The societal order depicted in the novels "Pride and Prejudice" by Austen and "Bridget Jones's Diary" by Fielding as well as the essay "A Room of One's Own" by Woolf is presented from the female perspective. Both "Pride and Prejudice" and "Bridget Jones's Diary" are consciousness-raising novels; therefore, they aim to educate female audience. Apparently, the contemporary chick lit novel in its ideological content restores the values similar to those of Austen's novel; however, Fielding modifies and integrates those values into the present setting. On the whole, due to the great distance of time and social manners, thoughts and values conveyed through the chick-lit novel, the modernistic essay and the romance novel, the representation of women's images can be considered within the continuation of the consciousness-raising tradition in fiction.
Published Šiauliai : VšĮ Šiaulių universiteto leidykla
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2013