Abstract
This essay contrasts Helen Fielding’s ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ to Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ on the feminist aspects of both works. The piece argues that Austen’s protagonist Elizabeth Bennet is ironically more forward thinking in challenging gender stereotypes than Fielding’s Bridget Jones, though Elizabeth Bennet lived during a period of discrimination against women that imposed severe restrictions upon female lives.
Faculty Sponsors
Dr. Suzanne Ferriss
Project Type
Event
Location
Alvin Sherman Library
Start Date
4-13-2012 1:00 PM
End Date
4-13-2012 5:30 PM
Bridget Jones: Post Feminist, or Frantically Fawning?
Alvin Sherman Library
This essay contrasts Helen Fielding’s ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ to Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ on the feminist aspects of both works. The piece argues that Austen’s protagonist Elizabeth Bennet is ironically more forward thinking in challenging gender stereotypes than Fielding’s Bridget Jones, though Elizabeth Bennet lived during a period of discrimination against women that imposed severe restrictions upon female lives.
