Performativity in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Shorter Fiction [electronic resource] : A Case Study in the Uses of Theory /
Schaub, Melissa.author.
'This short and accessible study will appeal to all students of Victorian literature seeking to integrate the literary theory of ‘performativity’ within their close reading practice.' — Elisabeth Jay, Emerita Professor of English at Oxford Brookes University, UK.
'This short and accessible study will appeal to all students of Victorian literature seeking to integrate the literary theory of ‘performativity’ within their close reading practice.' — Elisabeth Jay, Emerita Professor of English at Oxford Brookes University, UK.
1. Introduction: The Paradox of Subjectivity and the Naturalization of Theory -- 2. Strict Performativity and the Limits of Resignification in Stories and Novels -- 3. Turning the Glacier: Modernity and Complex Identity in the Novellas -- 4. Conclusion: Principles for the Uses of Theory.
Literature, Modern-19th century.
Sociology.
Culture.
Gender.
Literature-Philosophy.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Gender Studies.
Culture and Gender.
Literary Theory.