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Do you feel able do detect the gender of a novelist from the text? What issues are raised by this question? Refer to two or more novels

Detecting the gender of a novelist merely from the words on the page is a complicated and in some regards, an impossible process. There are however implicit clues that are littered throughout works of literature which may reveal the answer to this question, however we cannot always be certain that what is conveyed to us is a real life representation of a persons gender, or rather an incognito account utilised to convey particular feelings or emotions, or indeed conceal elements of their personality or life that would be better off undisclosed. Gender itself, has always been a topic close to the forefront of the pragmatics of literature, as well as being a medium for channelling issues and themes that relate to the same concept. For examples, the idea of feminism, the role and status of women in the class structure, both politically and socially.
Jane Eyre# was written in eighteen forty seven by Charlotte Bronte. From my experience of reading this novel I feel there are many insta...

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