Women and Writing Literary Elements

Non-fiction

The book is written in the context of women’s history.

First-person narrative

Cheerful, unwavering, daring, convincing

Virginia Woof is the narrator and protagonist.

The major conflict is that women are denied social rights and financial independence, which have made them lag in creative writing and other aspects of life. Therefore, males have dominated the writing industry because they have all the privileges to succeed, unlike women.

The climax comes when Jane Austen gets a breakthrough in the male-dominated literary world by emerging as the first woman to appear in the mainstream canon of literature in the world.

Marginalization of women foreshadowed the ill-intention of men to dominate every aspect of life against women.

Masscult standards in the writing industry are understated. For a woman to succeed in the industry, she must conform to these standards and write like men. However, Jane Austen disapproves of this aspect by writing as a woman and still become a renowned writer.

The story alludes to the historical marginalization of women and the struggles they go through to become successful. For instance, women were denied freedom, social rights, financial independence and equality.

The author paints a clear picture for writers to understand why women hardly made it to the Literature canons in the ancient days. The pictures such as denial of social rights and other freedoms enable readers to see why women never succeeded in the past. Consequently, this sight imagery shows the historical injustices against women.

The main paradox is that Jane Austen does not conform to male standards in writing to get a breakthrough in the industry. On the contrary, she positions herself as a person with the right to succeed in the male-dominated industry.

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The art of writing is humanized.