Victorian melodrama in the twenty-first century : Jane Eyre, Twilight, and the mode of excess in girl culture / by Katie Kapurch.

• Introduction: Melodrama, power, and girl culture -- Powerless protagonists: melodramatic heroines of Victorian and postfeminist girlhood -- Spatial invasions and melodrama's narrative structure: innocence, villainy, and vigilance in girlhood -- Musical gestures: melodramatic lullabies of anxious desire -- Secrets revealed, feelings moralized: girls' confessional intimacy and emotional agency -- Melodrama's gothic remnants: nightmares and vampire-girl doubles -- Suffering, separation, and crying: melodrama, tears, and girls' emotional empowerment -- Melodrama's happily-ever-after? girls, re-reading, and resistance -- Epilogue: In the post-Twilight afterglow -- Appendix: Methodology: girls' online fandom.

Ämnesord

Amerikanska romaner  (sao)

Engelsk litteratur  (sao)

Flickor i litteraturen  (sao)

Kvinnliga huvudpersoner i litteraturen  (sao)

Melodramer i filmen  (sao)

Girls in literature.  (LCSH)

Heroines in literature.  (LCSH)

Melodrama in motion pictures.  (LCSH)

Excess (Philosophy)  (LCSH)

Emotions in literature.  (LCSH)

American fiction  -- 21st century -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

English literature  -- 19th century -- Influence. (LCSH)

Melodrama  -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

Girls  -- Books and reading. (LCSH)

Fan fiction  -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

Gothic fiction  (kao//eng)

Gotiska berättelser  (kao)

Fanfiction  (kao)

Fan fiction  (kao//eng)

Litteraturvetenskap  -- feministisk teori -- populärkultur -- hjältinnor -- kvinnobilden -- viktorianska tiden -- 21st century (kao)

Unga kvinnor  -- publik (kao)

Känslor  -- kärlek -- åtrå (kao)

Vampyrer  -- romantik (kao)

Literary theory  -- feminist theory -- popular culture -- heroines -- image of women -- Victorian period -- 2000-talet (kao//eng)

Young women  -- audience (kao//eng)

Emotions  -- love -- lust (kao//eng)

Vampires  -- romance (kao//eng)

American fiction  (LCSH)

Girls in literature  (LCSH)

Melodrama in motion pictures  (LCSH)

Heroines in literature  (LCSH)

English literature  (LCSH)

Namn/titel

Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855: Jane Eyre. 

Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-: Twilight saga. 

Klassifikation

PS374.G55 (LCC)

813.009352352 (DDC)