Modelling Factors in Constructing Female Characters in 19~(th) Century Fiction

摘要

Hardly any short story or a novel fails to represent the woman under various facets: main role, secondary, in absentia or barely mentioned. Her presence triggers the 'mise en scene' of a character type that is subjected to the feminine gender. Thus, each feature - highlighted as a result of certain fact-like predicaments -exposes a hypostatization. Here, the woman may turn into a tool of fate, through determination, self-determination, randomly or well thought about.