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
- Active voice
- 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
- 'He leaned forward...'
- 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.
- Active
- 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
- Proper
- Male
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