THE SPECIFICS OF THE FEMALE THEME INTERPRETATION IN VICTORIAN WOMEN WRITERS' WORKS

Abstract

The present article examines the specifics of women's issues in artistic understanding in Victorian writers' works. The author notes the importance of considering various aspects of the functioning and gender relations change in the conditions of the XIX century English society transformation and the direct reflection of these processes in the literature. It is concluded that the female theme implementation in women writer's novels acquires, in comparison with the works of their predecessors, new features. The author substantiates the idea that the works created by J. Austen, the Bronte sisters and G. Eliot contribute – directly or indirectly – to the reassessment of values in favor of the private sphere of the woman's life and change the woman's role and functions in society.

Keywords

• викторианская литература
• художественное мышление
• женская проблематика
• женская психология
• самореализация
• victorian literature
• artistic thinking
• women’s issues
• female psychology
• self-realization