This paper examines the role of women in pandemic fiction, focusing on the actions of female protagonists in two novels and their impacts on society during a pandemic.
The analysis centers on the depiction of women in Emma Donoghue's "The Pull of the Stars" (2020) and Ling Ma's "Severance" (2018), discussing how the female protagonists, despite the challenges brought on by a pandemic, remain resilient and positively influence society.
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- Ilayda Can (Author), 2021, Women in Pandemic Literature. An Analysis of Resilience and Societal Impact of Female Protagonists, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.hausarbeiten.de/document/1383257