Book review: A topography plagued by marginality in Victorian novels

Veronica-Loredana Balan
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The building of spaces based on the stereotypical gender roles was widely discussed in many Victorian novels. Other concepts frequently used in the 19th-century novels are those of ‘marginality’ and ‘Otherness’ which are illustrated by Cătălina Bălinișteanu-Furdu through the marginalized individuals who strive to climb the social ladder or to preserve the newly acquired social status. We read this survey because it mainly focuses on women who seem to be enclosed in marginal positions and because it differentiates the perspective of a male author from the one of a female writer. The author, however, tries to emphasize the marginality of different individuals from different social classes, regardless of their race or gender. In her book, A Topography Plagued by Marginality in Victorian Novels (2022), Cătălina Bălinișteanu-Furdu lets herself be guided by the existentialist mantra “essence precedes existence” which Simone de Beauvoir transformed into a feminist phrase: “One is not born, but rather becomes a woman” (The Second Sex, 1998, p. 267) suggesting that gendered stereotypes influenced the construction of spaces and of conventional norms which is an idea generally transmitted to readers in order for them to follow a specific set of values. __________________________
书评维多利亚时代小说中饱受边缘化困扰的地形图
维多利亚时代的许多小说都广泛讨论了基于性别角色定型观念的空间建设问题。Cătălina Bălinișteanu-Furdu 通过努力攀登社会阶梯或维护新获得的社会地位的边缘化个体,阐释了 "边缘性 "和 "他者性 "这两个在 19 世纪小说中经常使用的概念。我们之所以阅读这份调查报告,是因为它主要关注的是似乎处于边缘地位的女性,也因为它将男作家的视角与女作家的视角区分开来。不过,作者试图强调来自不同社会阶层的不同个体的边缘性,无论其种族或性别如何。Cătălina Bălinișteanu-Furdu 在她的著作《维多利亚时代小说中被边缘化困扰的地形图》(2022 年)中,让自己以存在主义的咒语 "本质先于存在 "为指导,西蒙娜-德-波伏瓦将其转化为女性主义的短语:"一个人不是生来就是女人"(《第二性》,1998 年,第 267 页)。第二性》,1998 年,第 267 页),这表明性别定型观念影响着空间和传统规范的构建,而传统规范是一种普遍传递给读者的观念,目的是让他们遵循一套特定的价值观。__________________________
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