The War That Challenged Gender Roles: English Women War Narratives of the First World War
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Women and War Studies, English Literature, The First World WarAbstract
Women’s participation in wars, either directly or indirectly, has been the study object of war narratives since the Classical Age. This article aims to analyze women’s significant role to the construction of cultural memory and how women’s representations have evolved, from myth, since Homer until the early twentieth century, when the First War was declared, to the assumption of “silent victims” in wartime, and finally to the condition of proactive members of a much-dreamed society with equal opportunities for everyone. This paper addresses, more specifically, how women war narratives of the First World War reflect upon the war trauma, which brought equally disastrous consequences for women, men and children and how the War contributed to the reconfiguration of women’s social roles.Downloads
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