The Gothic-Feminist Critiques of Society through the Northanger Abbey Story
| dc.contributor.author | UÇAN, Belgin | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-05-07T06:16:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-05-07T06:16:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025 | |
| dc.department | Kapadokya Üniversitesi | |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis will demonstrate how the Gothic genre allows for the inclusion of feminist criticism through a Gothic-feminist viewpoint in ‘the Northanger Abbey Story,’ with reference to Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey (1817) and Val McDermid’s Northanger Abbey (2014), and ultimately encourages women to be more confident and stronger. In this respect, the study aims to reveal the manner in which women’s wants and anticipations are controlled in both the literary and social realms by combining feminist criticism with Gothic customs. Both novels centre on encouraging readers to rethink what is possible for women’s sentimental and logical autonomy. Thus, the introductory chapter explores the birth of the Gothic novel in the eighteenth century, as well as the elements of the Gothic and the Gothic parody in ‘the Northanger Abbey Story.’ The feminist criticism and its relation with the Gothic compare ‘the Northanger Abbey Story’ in terms of the Gothic and feminist critique, and reinterpret Austen’s era with the modern era through this critique. The first chapter will analyse ‘the Northanger Abbey Story’ with a special focus on the Gothic representation and the Gothic parody of the setting in the novels under study. The second chapter will focus on feminist critique and the Gothic conflicts, as well as interpreting the Gothic features as expressions of women’s oppression and how the oppression is reflected to acts and thoughts of the characters in the selected novels. After analysing the novels, the study will conclude by offering insights about the different aspects of the Gothic genre and its feminist critique, and how it enriches the understanding of the role of women and the expectation from women in two different eras. The conclusion will emphasize literature’s permanent capacity to provoke Gothic nightmares as well as feminist dreams, allowing readers with a sense of critique and possibility. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | UÇAN, Belgin. The Gothic-Feminist Critiques of Society through the Northanger Abbey Story, Master’s Thesis, Nevşehir, 2025. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12695/3427 | |
| dc.publisher | Kapadokya Üniversitesi Lisansüstü Eğitim, Öğretim ve Araştırma Enstitüsü | |
| dc.relation.publicationcategory | Tez | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.subject | Gothic literature | |
| dc.subject | feminist critique | |
| dc.subject | the Victorian era | |
| dc.subject | Northanger Abbey | |
| dc.subject | Jane Austen | |
| dc.subject | Val McDermid. | |
| dc.title | The Gothic-Feminist Critiques of Society through the Northanger Abbey Story | |
| dc.type | Master Thesis |
