Villette: A Quest for Self-Definition
Villette: A Quest for Self-Definition
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2013-05-27T10:01:57Z
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Antal, Adrienn
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In each era there are significant changes in the boundaries of selfhood defined by a
society. In 19th century England, a new interiorized notion of selfhood developed and new
techniques were designed to explore the inner workings of this hidden sphere, the self.
Psychiatry and phrenology rose as sciences and endeavoured to decode physical appearance
as signs of “the concealed inner play of forces which construct individual subjectivity”
(Shuttleworth 3). These developments are reflected by the changes in the conventions
governing the representation of character in the 19th century British novel. For example, while
in the 18th century there was more emphasis on the description of a character’s exterior and
qualities, in the 19th century, a gradual shift occurred to the psychological urges of a
protagonist, as many writers began to be preoccupied with self and identity... (Introduction)
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self, oppression