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Victorian feminism: Oppressive notions mediated in selected poetry of Christina Rossetti and Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Hochmanová, Ester ; Beran, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Horová, Miroslava (referee)
Victorian Feminism: Oppressive Notions Mediated in Christina Rossetti's "Goblin Market" and Elizabeth Barrett-Browning's "Aurora Leigh" Ester Hochmanová Abstract Christina Rossetti and Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, two prominent poets of the Victorian Era, notably discuss various notions oppressive to women in their poetry, namely "Goblin Market" and "Aurora Leigh." Employing the Victorian theme of glamorizing death, Barrett-Browning speaks on the deadly protentional of normalizing such restrictive entrapping and an idea that love and sexual relations are often embedded in power disproportion. Rossetti on the other hand, focuses on chastity which is strongly implemented by the Catholic Church and deems unchaste women "fallen," while men are not being held up to the same standard. This overall critical examination of traditional gender roles, motherhood, and marriage, emphasizes the intersection of societal expectations, trauma, and autonomy in the lives of Victorian women. The goblin's tempting fruit becomes an allegory unveiling the predatory dynamics prevalent in Victorian society, while the narrative simultaneously unfolds a nuanced exploration of sisterhood and homoerotic, the constraints of societal expectations, and the dichotomy of fallen and redeemed women. The periodical concept of the "Angel in the...
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