Never-Ending Pixie Dust. A Critical Analysis of Motherhood and Its Complexities in “Peter Pan”

Trabajo , 2014 , 22 Páginas , Calificación: A

Filología inglesa - Literatura

The role of the “mother-woman” in nineteenth century literature is constantly complexified. But who is the audience? For whom are we preserving the mother-myth and what are the parameters of doing so? This inquiry gave way to an investigation on an audience that, perhaps, was not intended to be targeted in such a way: children. Undeniably, though, it was.

This paper explores the way in which Sir James Matthew Barrie's novel "Peter Pan" aims at children to both perpetuate and dismiss the myth of the mother woman as a singular role, while expanding the girl-child’s power beyond earthly realms.

The paper analyses the gender roles as they are presented in “Peter Pan”, the role of the mother-woman and the influence the characters of Peter and Wendy continue to have on children.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Challenging Gender Roles

The Role of Mother-Woman

Peter and Wendy’s Influence on Children

• Curso: Housewives in American Literature
• Calificación: A
• Autor: Charlotte Ljustina (Autor)
• Año de publicación: 2014
• Páginas: 22
• No. de catálogo: V307475
• ISBN (Ebook): 9783668057982
• ISBN (Libro): 9783668057999
• Idioma: Inglés
• Etiqueta: mother woman, motherhood, peter pan, james m barrie, audience, role of woman, role of mother, mother myth, literary analysis