“BECKY SAID” – “CRIED AMELIA” A METAPHONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF SPEECHES IN VANITY FAIR
“BECKY SAID” – “CRIED AMELIA” A METAPHONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF SPEECHES IN VANITY FAIR

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses the representation of women from a relatively unexplored point of view: that of metaphonology, namely how direct speech is introduced or described by the narrator, as it is actually interesting to see how women’s speech was rendered in an era when their silence was most cherished. Thackeray’s “Vanity Fair” offers good material to work on, as it presents two different kinds of woman: the submissive ‘womanly woman’, Amelia, and the outgoing ‘new woman’, Rebecca. I aim to discuss how female characters’ speech acts help to elucidate their role in the novel and their attitude towards society.

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