The construction and representation of gender in fiction

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  • The construction and representation of gender in fiction
    • Male
      • 'He leaned forward...'
        • Active voice
          • Actor within the text
      • Both represented as 3rd person pronouns which isn't uprising because 'he' is a stranger and 'she' is the women.
        • Female
          • She is seen as an object not a person
          • 'Gripped it so she couldn't pull away'
    • Female
      • She is seen as an object not a person
      • 'Gripped it so she couldn't pull away'
    • Material, Relational and Mental Processes
      • material: Describe action or events- hit, run, push
      • Relational: Describes states of being. Be, appear, seem
      • Mental: Perception, through speech or thought. Think, speak, believe, love.
      • Dynamic: Process change in state over time. Eat, Paint, Remove.
      • Stative: Where the situation remains constant. Love, hold, believe.
    • Active and Passive voice
      • Active
        • Includes an actor or agent: verb phrase includes a definite, present or past tense verb
      • Passive
        • Omits an actor or agent or includes a prepositional phrase after the verb
      • Actor/subject
        • Individual or entity responsible for the action
      • Agency or Subject
        • The responsibility for, or cause of, an action.
    • Nouns
      • Proper
        • London, Paris
        • Refers to names of people/places.
      • Abstract
        • Pain, Happiness
        • Refers to states, feelings and concepts that have no physical existance
      • Concrete
        • Countable, table
        • Refer to objects that have a physical existence

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