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@PHDTHESIS{Makowski:825199,
      author       = {Makowski, Sarah Jane},
      othercontributors = {Schneider, Ralf and Strasen, Sven-Knut},
      title        = {{J}ane {A}usten’s mean girls : a biocultural approach to
                      shared female experience in literature and life},
      school       = {Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen},
      type         = {Dissertation},
      address      = {Aachen},
      publisher    = {RWTH Aachen University},
      reportid     = {RWTH-2021-08123},
      pages        = {1 Online-Ressource : Illustrationen, Diagramme},
      year         = {2021},
      note         = {Veröffentlicht auf dem Publikationsserver der RWTH Aachen
                      University; Dissertation, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische
                      Hochschule Aachen, 2021},
      abstract     = {A biocultural approach to the phenomenon of indirect female
                      aggression in the work of Jane Austen offers insight into
                      the author’s continued relevancy to millions of readers
                      worldwide. Despite significant cultural changes between her
                      world and our own, contemporary female readers report
                      knowing – or even being – her characters in their
                      everyday lives. Reader-response theorists, Cognitive
                      Narratologists, and Literary Darwinists suggest that this
                      phenomenon stems from Austen’s remarkable ability to
                      trigger shared experiences between readers and texts. This
                      biocultural investigation, applying qualitative and
                      quantitative findings from anthropology, psychology, and
                      sociology to Austen’s oeuvre, shows clear parallels
                      between the comportment of Austen’s female characters and
                      modern Western female experience. It demonstrates that by
                      reaching outside of the humanities, a biocultural approach
                      enables the inclusion of hundreds – if not thousands –
                      of test subjects at all age levels both within the ivory
                      tower and beyond. Applying these diverse approaches to
                      Austen’s portrayals of women’s lives highlights the
                      author’s skill at capturing changing aspects of indirect
                      female aggression from adolescence to widowhood. Various
                      models, including anthropologist Donald Brown’s Human
                      Universals, Joyce Benenson’s evolutionary psychological
                      stratagems, Rosalind Wiseman’s teenage hierarchy
                      framework, or recognized occupational phenomena, indicate
                      clear correlations between the comportment of Austen’s
                      female characters and contemporary lives. This study
                      suggests that the very ordinariness of Austen’s
                      characters’ experience makes the author unique. A
                      biocultural examination opens new avenues for research as
                      humanities departments face increasing scrutiny in favour of
                      STEM subjects. A natural progression of this work would be a
                      replication of its findings through a different lens or a
                      long-term investigation of resonance evolution according to
                      lifespan development. Further research on the sense of
                      pleasure and connection Janeites experience in the act of
                      reading could advance understanding of the effectiveness of
                      Austen as self-administered or formal bibliotherapy.},
      cin          = {793110},
      ddc          = {800},
      cid          = {$I:(DE-82)793110_20140620$},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)11},
      doi          = {10.18154/RWTH-2021-08123},
      url          = {https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/825199},
}