Never-Ending Pixie Dust. A Critical Analysis of Motherhood and Its Complexities in "Peter Pan"

Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: A, , course: Housewives in American Literature, language: English, abstract: The role of the "mother-woman" in nineteenth century literature is constantly complexified. But who is the audience? For whom are we preserving the mother-myth and what are the parameters of doing so? This inquiry gave way to an investigation on an audience that, perhaps, was not intended to be targeted in such a way: children. Undeniably, though, it was.This paper explores the way in which Sir James Matthew Barrie's novel "Peter Pan" aims at children to both perpetuate and dismiss the myth of the mother woman as a singular role, while expanding the girl-child's power beyond earthly realms.The paper analyses the gender roles as they are presented in "Peter Pan", the role of the mother-woman and the influence the characters of Peter and Wendy continue to have on children.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Charlotte Ljustina
• Verlag: Grin Verlag
• Sprache: Englisch, Deutsch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9783668057999
• ISBN: 978-3-668-05799-9
• Seiten: 28
• Abmessung: 148 mm x 1 mm x 1 mm
• Gewicht: 56 g
• Serien: Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V307475; Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V307475
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft