The Traditional Gothic Elements and "Gothic Feminism" in W. Collins’ The Woman in White (1859) and S. Hill’s The Woman in Black (1983)

Abstract

The theme of our dissertation is The Traditional Gothic Elements and "Gothic Feminism" in W. Collins?f The Woman in White (1859) and S. Hill?fs The Woman in Black (1983). Our aim in this dissertation is to compare the two novels through the use of "Gothic Feminism" as the major theory. Furthermore, this theory aims at acknowledging the situation of women during the 19.. and 20.. century, in which different social aspects were held in both novels Wilkie Collins?fs The Woman in White and Susan Hill's The Woman in Black