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Foreword
This certificate paper presents the mo'ement nown asfeminism and
especiall$ its impact o'er literature. The problem
of feminism is bein# discussed all o'er the world due to the
factthat alon# a centur$ it chan#ed the course of histor$. The
se'en demands which were re/uested in the past are of
#reat importance in the present da$: e/ual pa$0 opportunitiesand
education0 financial and le#al independence0 reproducti'eri#hts and
better child care.
t the same time0 this paper contains different ar#umentsbrou#ht
b$ the feminist writers Jane usten and #atha Christieand their
contribution to the e'olution of modern literature.Furthermore0 the
paper will pro'e the e-istence of feministtendencies in the writers
wors with e-amples of well(nown
no'els.
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Introduction
The idea of discussin# women!scultural contributions as a
separatecate#or$ has a lon# histor$. ists ofe-emplar$ women can be
found asfar bac as the *th centur$ "C0 whenesiod compiled Catalo#ue
ofomen a list of heroines and#oddesses. lutarch listed heroicand
artistic women in his 6oralia. In
the medie'al period0 "occaccio usedm$thic and biblical women as
morale-emplars . "ritish writers0 as in soman$ other instances0
embraced theclassical models and made themtheir own.
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Chapter 1: Feminist literature
The first chapter presents
feminism and literature
and their e'olution in
histor$ and e-amples of
women writers who ha'e
been eminentl$
distin#uished for theirlearnin#0 #enius0 'irtue0
piet$0 and other e-cellent
endowments.
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Chapter 2: Jane Austen's Biograph
In the second chapter I
present some
bio#raphical details of
Jane usten who was
an 7n#lish no'elist
whose wors of romantic
fiction earned her aplace as one of the most
widel$ read writers in
7n#lish literature.
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Chapter !: Agatha Christie's
Biograph
The third chapter is mainl$
centred upon #atha
Christie!s "io#raph$ the
most prolific 7n#lish 89ueen
of Crime author of world(
renown created such famous
detecti'es as ercule oirot0the eccentric "el#ian who
relied on his een #rasp of
lo#ic to nab croos.
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Chapter %:#he feminist tendencies of
Agatha Christie's no$els
The fifth chapter presents
the feminist tendencies
of #atha Christie!s
no'els and the answer to
the /uestion : is Christie
a feminist or anti(feminist
writer0 or do her worsfall somewhere in
between0 in some middle
#round;
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Bi&liograph
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*a$id) #he Feminist Challenge +nepper) ,art ) Agatha
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