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T1 Gothic Lesbianism in Joseph T. Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla (1872), Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca (1938) and Sarah Waters’s Fingersmith (2002)
A1 Ribeiro Pimentel, Danyelle
A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
K1 Lesbian Gothic
K1 Lesbianism
K1 British Gothic literature
K1 Sexual identity
K1 Queer Theory
K1 Gótico lésbico
K1 Lesbianismo
K1 Literatura gótica británica
K1 Identidad sexual
K1 Teoría queer
K1 5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas
AB Gothic literature sets the ideal environment to represent sexual orientation and, specifically,lesbianism in a period when homosexuality was transgressive, as is nineteenth- andtwentieth-century Britain. This dissertation examines the evolution in the representation ofthe lesbian figure from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century. This study is based on theanalysis of the main female characters as lesbian figures in three British Gothic novels fromdifferent periods: Carmilla (1872) by Sheridan Le Fanu, Rebecca (1938) by Daphne DuMaurier and Fingersmith (2002) by Sarah Waters. The analysis takes as a primary referencethe literary Gothic tradition, Queer Theory and Lesbian Gothic. The conclusions show thatthe lesbian figure of the twentieth-first century is represented with more confidence abouther sexual identity than those of the previous novels, but Gothic elements still reflect ananxiety about it caused by social prejudice similar to the previous centuries.
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/58527
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/58527
LA eng
NO Departamento de Filología Inglesa
DS UVaDOC
RD 28-nov-2024