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dc.contributor.advisorJones, Allen C.
dc.contributor.authorKildedam, Karianny
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-03T16:34:58Z
dc.date.available2021-09-03T16:34:58Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifierno.uis:inspera:81843026:35082404
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2773579
dc.descriptionFull text not available
dc.description.abstractThe novel, Orlando, brings forward important topics such as gender categorization, gender roles and identity issues. The main protagonist goes through a transformation in where she goes from male to female. Therefore, through the novel, protagonist experiences the difference in which the genders have while also going through a journey of re-discovering their true self. This study aims to show how through the research of theorist such as Judith Butler, Jan E. Stets and Deborah J. Terry, that gender and identity are performative as well as showcasing core identities within the main protagonist. In this context, the performativity used in the novel is used by the protagonist to fit better into society as well as trying to find themselves and how the protagonist is being categories and therefore also needs to perform accordingly to the role they have been assigned. The change in which the protagonist, the changes are major and therefore could have an impact on the identity of that person. However, the result of the transformation was a better understanding of gender, with the protagonist discovering the core components of their identity. The result of this study shows that even over multiple decades as well as a gender transformation that the core elements of one’s identity comes from multiple parts of their identity.
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisheruis
dc.titleGender Performativity and Identity in Virginia Woolf's Orlando
dc.typeBachelor thesis


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