The thesis statement of the planned essay, for which this annotated bibliography is prepared, is as follows. As exemplified in Ibsen’s A Doll House, feminism has contributed to a shift in gender roles in literature by emphasizing female individual everyday life concerns manifested through strong character development.
Hossain, Amir. “Re-interpreting A Doll’s House through Post-modernist Feminist Projections.” IRWLE, vol. 11, no. 1, 2015, pp. 1-14.
The source is a scholarly journal article devoted to the research of feminist themes in Ibsen’s A Doll House. Hossain’s article explores the manifestations of the ideas of post-modernist feminism in the play through the analysis of the main character’s development and the overall social order where women were subordinate to men (2-3). The author of the article argues that Nora’s character and her central role in the play have ignited a strong feminist agenda in literature by revolutionizing the discriminatory state of affairs around women’s rights. The relevance of this source to the topic is based on the precise and direct investigation of feminist ideas in Ibsen’s play. The accuracy of the evidence presented in the article is validated by the frequent references to the primary text. A high-quality literary analysis of A Doll House illustrates the multiple dimensions of the transformational influence it has had on literature in general. Thus, the source will be a reliable contribution to the essay due to its direct support of the claims presented in the thesis statement.
Stetz, Margaret D. “Mrs. Linde, Feminism, and Women’s Work, Then and Now.” Ibsen Studies, vol. 7, no. 2, 2007, pp. 150-168.
This article has been published in a literary, scholarly journal, which validates its credibility and reliability. The author of the article claims that although Ibsen’s feminism might have lacked conventional connotations, the problems of women’s identification as independent individuals addressed in his play are still relevant (Stetz 151). The source presents a narrow discussion of the works by Ibsen with a focus on the feminist theme and the particularities of its manifestations through his characters. Such precise attention to the uniqueness of Ibsen’s feminism is a particularity of the source that differentiates it from other literature used for the paper. The primary text-based analyses and academic accuracy of the presented evidence make this source an invaluable contribution to supporting the argument of the future essay.
Uddin, Md Abu Saleh Nizam. “Feminism and Its Impact on the Literature of Love.” Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature, vol. 16, no. 2, 2022, pp. 364-376.
This source is a scholarly journal article reporting a research study on the role of feminism in the development of literature thematically focusing on love and family values. The author of the article argues that due to the significant emphasis of feminism on the identity appreciation of women, their concerns and needs have become central to the literature on love (Uddin 364-365). The study is a reliable source of information on the topic since it has been published in a reputable periodical of a literature-related direction.
Moreover, the benefit of this source in comparison to other literature selected for the planned essay is that it provides a detailed historical account of feminism as a movement. In addition, the results of the study vividly demonstrate the implications of feminism for the literary process. On the other hand, the source proposes some insights into the negative implications of feminism in literature, which might be a good basis for constructing a compelling argument for a future essay. Thus, the source’s relevance to the topic is validated by the scope of research and the issues of real-life women’s experiences intertwined with the problem of identity seeking in literature. The article will be a valuable contribution to the paper allowing the investigation of the topic from a historical perspective.
Works Cited
Hossain, Amir. “Re-interpreting A Doll’s House through Post-modernist Feminist Projections.” IRWLE, vol. 11, no. 1, 2015, pp. 1-14.
Stetz, Margaret D. “Mrs. Linde, Feminism, and Women’s Work, Then and Now.” Ibsen Studies, vol. 7, no. 2, 2007, pp. 150-168.
Uddin, Md Abu Saleh Nizam. “Feminism and Its Impact on the Literature of Love.” Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature, vol. 16, no. 2, 2022, pp. 364-376.