Breaking the stereotype – romance novel today

master's thesis

• Author: Janja Petrović
• Mentor: Sven Cvek (mentor)
• Mentor: Branka Galić (komentor)
• Committee member: Jelena Šesnić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of English language and literature); Zagreb
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of Sociology); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2023-09-13, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Anglistics
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Specific Sociologies

Abstract

This thesis is focused on finding out if the romance novels today break or perpetuate the stereotypes about the genre, its heroines and the social gender stereotypes about women. It does that by giving an overview of the definition and the evolution of the genre itself, presenting the relationship of society and literature as the basis of comparison for the stereotypes. The analysis
of the stereotypes is based on a sample of five romance novels written by American authors in the period from 2018 until 2022 and were chosen as the representatives from the sample of almost 300 novels. The analysis is done by the method of close reading of the five novels. Based on the results, conclusions were drawn and the original hypothesis was answered.

• Keywords: romance novel; contemporary romance novel; gender stereotypes; close reading
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:866741
• Study programme: Title: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Translation, TEFL; Course: Literature and Culture; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
• Study programme: Title: Sociology (double major); specializations in: Research, Teaching; Course: Research; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra sociologije (magistar/magistra sociologije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2023-09-19 15:53:14