The Role of Women in Jane Austen?s Novels: A Study of Gender, Society, and Agency

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@article{1709367,
      author = {Dr. Shahana Makhdoom},
      title = {The Role of Women in Jane Austen?s Novels: A Study of Gender, Society, and Agency},
      journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
      year = {2025},
      volume = {8},
      number = {12},
      pages = {1577-1586},
      issn = {2456-8880},
      url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1709367.pdf},
      abstract = {Jane Austen, one of the most influential novelists of the 19th century, used her fiction to explore the complex roles and limitations of women in Regency England. Her novels present a nuanced critique of gender roles, social mobility, marriage, and education, revealing the challenges women faced in a patriarchal society. This paper examines the portrayal of women in Austen?s major works like Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion and to analyze how Austen both reflects and challenges the societal expectations of women in her time.},
      keywords = {Jane Austen, Women in literature, Gender roles, Female agency, Moral authority, Intellectual equality, Feminism in fiction.},
      month = {June},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV8I12-1709367}
  }