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Theoretical foundation

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Author

Editor

  • Eva Haettner Aurelius
  • Hedda Gunneng
  • Jon Helgason

Summary, in English

Different theories about woman and woman's writing are surveyed. Showalter's theory on woman's culture is presented and modified, in order to create a theoretical platform for testing the hypothesis about woman's language existing outside the dominant language. The material chosen, women's letters from mainly the 18th Century in French, German, Swedish, and English, for testing this hypothesis, is presented as especially relevant for testing this hypothesis.

Publishing year

2012

Language

English

Pages

15-30

Publication/Series

Women's language. An Analysis of Style and Expression in Letters befor 1800.

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Nordic Academic Press

Topic

  • Languages and Literature

Keywords

  • style
  • 18th Century letters
  • women's letters
  • women's language
  • women's culture

Status

Published

Project

  • Women´s letters

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-91-87121-87-6