The Main Father-Daughter Relationship in Julia Kavanagh’s Rachel Gray Between Reality and Fictionality
The present paper carries out a contrastive analysis between the paternal and filial images that form the main parent-child relationship depicted in Julia Kavanagh’s Rachel Gray in order to invalidate the assumption that Victorian realist writers sought to hold a mirror to reality even in the cas...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Casa Cărții de Știință
2019-10-01
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| Series: | Cultural Intertexts |
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| Online Access: | https://b00e8ea91c.clvaw-cdnwnd.com/4fb470e8cbb34a32a0dc1701f8d7322d/200000350-ba973ba974/157-170%20Pintilii%20-%20The%20Main%20Father-Daughter%20Relationship%20in%20Julia%20Kavanagh%E2%80%99s%20Rachel%20Gray%20Between%20Reality%20and%20Fictionality.pdf |
| Summary: | The present paper carries out a contrastive analysis between the paternal and filial images
that form the main parent-child relationship depicted in Julia Kavanagh’s Rachel Gray in
order to invalidate the assumption that Victorian realist writers sought to hold a mirror to
reality even in the cases when their novels were founded on fact. This analysis will show
that there is a significant divergence between the literary and socio-historical constructs of
the family roles of mid-Victorian working classes, in spite of the fact that some of the
elements used in the creation of fictional characters were borrowed from real-life
experiences. Moreover, the article will indicate that the paternal figure it deals with
deviates from its prototypical counterpart by approximating one of the most powerful
stereotypes revolving around working-class Victorian men, namely the stereotype of the
absent father. |
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| ISSN: | 2393-0624 2393-1078 |