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Jane Austen
estudios del siglo XIX
estudios de género
literatura angloirlandesa
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Una de las razones para asociar a Maria Edgeworth con Jane Austen es la importancia de la primera como fuente principal de inspiración para las tramas domésticas de Austen. Curiosamente, tanto el colonialismo como los estudios de género han vuelto sus ojos hacia cómo Edgeworth y Austen enfocaron la esclavitud. Sin embargo, la conexión específica entre Belinda y Emma a este respecto ha sido pasada por alto, aunque en realidad hay muchas razones para relacionar ambas obras, ya que ambas tratan de la aculturación, la sumisión y la dependencia emocional de los demás de muchas maneras. Este artículo analiza a dos personajes secundarios en Belinda de Edgeworth y Emma de Austen. Después de examinar las similitudes entre el estatus de los negros y las mujeres en la Inglaterra de finales del siglo XVIII, mantengo que estas obras pueden entenderse como dos estudios de gratitud y que presentan una nueva versión del tema familiar de Edgeworth del negro agradecido, aunque esta vez se aplica al papel secundario de la mujer en la sociedad. Las ideas de Homi K. Bhabha sobre el discurso colonial también ayudan a examinar la relación entre el género y la raza en Belinda y Emma, así como la falta de identidad fija y el deseo incumplido de independencia que era común a los negros y las mujeres. Es precisamente esta característica la que añade cierta oscuridad y crítica social a las tramas de Edgeworth y Austen, por lo demás bastante predecibles.
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