O BILDUNGSROMAN NA OBRA THE PROFESSOR, DE CHARLOTTE BRONTË

Abstract

In this final paper, I analyze the novel The Professor (1857) by Charlotte Brontë, pursuing to investigate how the author subverts the literary genre Bildungsroman and the gender roles. To carry out this work, I first point out the social context of women, followed by authors who questioned the female role. Then, I present the definitions of male and female Bildungsroman according to Pratt (1981), Hirsch (1983), Labovitz (1986), Smith (1997) and Schwantes (2010), leading to the analysis of the novel, where I try to understand how Brontë appropriates and subverts the literary genre, also questioning gender roles.