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The other case: gender and narration in Charlotte Bronte's 'The Professor.'

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From: Papers on Language & Literature
Date: 19940922
Author:Frederico, Annette R.

Charlotte Bronte's use of a male narrator in her novel 'The Professor' can be read as a study of the gendered ideology of the Victorian era. The very fact that Bronte used a male narrator suggests that she was aware of the authority given a masculine voice in the era. Her status as woman allows her to step out the subjectivity of male Victorian experience, however, and show how discourse is defined by gender. Her character may not be fully realized, but his attitudes towards women and sex suggest that Bronte was well-aware of the influence of masculinity on the perception of the feminine ...

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