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REALISM THROUGHTHE NOVEL „THE MILL ON THE FLOSS“ OF GEORGE ELIOT

REALIZAM KROZ ROMAN „VODENICA NA FLOSI“ OD DŽORDŽA ELIOTA

Author:Nina NikolićGrade: I High school: Šesta beogradska gimnazija

Mentor: Tatjana Glogovac

Аbstract

George Eliot, pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans (born Nov. 22,1819. - Dec. 22,1880.), was English
Victorian novelist who developed the method of psychological analysis characteristic of modern fiction
in the age of Realism.
One of Eliot’s masterpieces ‘The Mill on the Floss’ was published in 1860.when the Victorian Britain was
reigned by monarch Queen Victoria and difficulties escalated due to the vision of ‘ideal woman’ shared
by the society. They were deprived of their right to vote, sue or own property, and they were
evaluated almost solely by their purity and submissiveness. Their education was limited; their roles
were bound to the households; they could not give free rein to their thoughts; their essential and only
challenge in life was to ingratiate themselves with their husbands.In the book ' The Mill on the Floss '
genders have certain roles and main protagonist gets discriminated against because of excessive
desire to learn and female body.
Maggie Tulliver(main character from the book representing Eliot) , although did not think the
educational system unfit, was influenced strongly by the social prejudice, as her family prejudiced
against her gaining access to education. She was a victim of such education. Her behaviour in
childhood forcefully denied the prevailing view that women were incapable of rational or abstract
thought and were too susceptible and too fragile to be able to think clearly. This paper will research
the question ‘Did George Eliot express her feminism through The Mill on the Floss?’

Key words: Maggie; feminism; George Eliot; The Mill on the Floss; realism;

Apstraкt
Dţordţ Eliot,pseudonim za Meri En Evans (22.11.1819. – 22.12.1880.),je bila engleska Viktorijanska
romanospisateljica koja je razvila metod psihičke analize karakteristika moderne fikcije u doba
realizma.
Jedno od Eliotovih najboljih dela ’Vodenica na Flosi’ je objavljeno 1860. kada je Viktorijanskom
Britanijom vladala kraljica Viktorija i teškoćama eskalirala zbog vizije ’idealne ţene’ proširene u
društvu.Ţene su lišene prava da glasaju,tuţe ili imaju sopstvenu imovinu i bile su ocenjivane samo po
čistoti i pokornosti. Njihovo obrazovanje je bilo ograničeno; njihove uloge su bile vezane za
domaćinstvo;nisu mogle pustiti mislima na slobodu;njihov suštinski i jednini izazov je bio da se
dodvore sa muţevima.U knjizi ’Vodenica na Flosi’ polovi imaju određene uloge i glavni protagonista
biva diskriminisam zbog prevelike ţelje za učenjem i ţenskog tela.

Megi Taliver (glavni lik u knjizi koji predstavlja Eliota),iako nije mislila da je obrazovni sistem
nesposoban,bila je pod uticajem jakih društvenih predrasuda,kao i predrasuda njene porodice prema
njenom dobijanju pristupa obrazovanju. Ona je jedna ţrtva takvog obrazovanja. Njeno ponašanje u
detinjstvu nasilno je negiralo preovlađujući stav da ţene nisu sposobne za racionalno ili apstraktno
razmišljanje,kao i da su previše osetljive i previše krhke da bi jasno razmišljale. Ovaj rad će istraţiti
pitanje ’Da li je Dţordţ Eliot izrazila svoj feminizam kroz roman ’Vodenica na Flosi?’

Ključne reči: Megi; feminizam; Dţordţ Eliot; Vodenica na Flosi; realizam;