ENGL 2810Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Marianne Dreams, Allday, Helena Blavatsky
14 Jan 2019
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Female coming-of-age stories: the secret garden, part 1. The heroine"s journey vs. campbell"s hero"s journey: for a female protagonist the quest takes on a different pattern, given the more restricted place allotted to her by society. Her development reduces rather than expands her horizons, and teaches her to restrain worldly curiosity in favour of self-control and the selfless nurturing of others. Unlike her wandering male counterparts, the questing heroine takes the voyage in", remaining within the domestic circle. : shelley o"hearn, marianne dreams, the secret garden and the stifled female quest , Mary"s journey: gradual, not epic: psychological, gradual (like garden, not physical journey, inside to outside, isolation to community, in and around manor (for both mary and colin) Today"s class: garden as symbol, backgrounds (including nature as healer), themes. Nature in victorian england and before: private, aristocratic space accessible to upper classes, wilderness, accessible to those willing to either: risk dangerous exploration; spend lots of money (as in mountaineering)
