Communication in Clothing: Alcott´s, Armstrong´s & Gerwig´s Little Women

Abstract

Denne bacheloroppgaven er basert på adaptasjonsstudier, med en vinkling innenfor kostyme. Klærne i boken Little Women fra 1868 blir sett i sammenheng med kostymene i Gillian Armstrongs adaptasjon fra 1994, og Greta Gerwigs adaptasjon fra 2019. Problemstillingen er hvordan klasse og sosialt miljø er kommunisert gjennom klærne i Little Women? Dette vil bli belyst hovedsakelig gjennom scener fra kapittel ni, men noen andre scener samt gjennomgående motiver i kostymer vil bli nevnt.

This bachelor thesis is based in adaption studies, with an angle of costuming. The clothing in the 1868 novel Little Women will be viewed in relation to the costuming of the Gillian Armstrong adaptation from 1994 and the Greta Gerwig adaptation from 2019. The angle is how class and social environment are communicated through the clothing in Little Women? This will be viewed mainly through scenes from chapter nine, “Meg goes to Vanity Fair”, but some other scenes and reoccurring motifs in clothing will also be mentioned.