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Woman`S Condition in the 19th Century
UNIVERSITATEA SPIRU HARET
FACULTATEA DE LITERE
Specializarea: Limbi și Literaturi Străine
FORMA DE ÎNVĂŢĂMÂNT: ZI

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Nineteenth Century women. An analysis of female characters in English and Roumanian literature.

Student,
Lavinia CHIRIAC Coordonator ştiinţific, Prof. conf. univ. dr. Ramona MIHĂILĂ

BUCUREŞTI,
2013

CUPRINS

INTRODUCERE
Chapter 1. Historical Background of Nineteenth Century Europe ............................. .............. 1 1.1Political, social and economical backround ................................................................1 1.1.2 The French Revolution ...........................................................................................1 1.1.3 The Industrial Revolution .......................................................................................2 1.2 Influences of the revolutions upon Though and Culture .............................................5 1.2.1 Reading and Education ...........................................................................................5 1.2.2 The Fine Arts ..........................................................................................................6 1.2.3 Literature .................................................................................................................7 1.3 Social aspects in Great Britain and Roumania ...........................................................10 1.3.1 English society .......................................................................................................10 1.3.2 Roumania, life and society .....................................................................................14

Chapter 2. The construction of female
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