La Donna Suicida: Suicide as an Act of Feminist Protest in Boccaccio’s Decameron, Neera’s Lydia, and Aleramo’s Una donna.
Year: 2015
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This thesis explores female suicide in Italian literature, focusing on three examples where the self-destructive act is committed as a type of feminist protest against an oppressive society: Ghismonda from IV.1 of Boccaccio's DECAMERON, Lydia from Neera's 1888 novel of the same name, and the titular everywoman from Sibilla Aleramo's UNA DONNA.
DOI: 10.18130/v3hm39
Author: Rachel Perry
Institution: University of Virginia
Language: English
Subfield: General Arts and Humanities
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Gender equality
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W2948727534