Hyperbolized Feminist Realism in Northanger Abbey The gothic marvels, albeit fleeting, left an unquestionably substantial impact on artistic practices in the late 1700's, especially that of the 'women's activist' scholarly space. Jane Austen's faulty courageous woman, Catherine Morland, is both the development and deconstruction of female figures that populated the books of her ancestors. By introducing a parodic survivor of the male controlled society the champion of Northanger Abbey, Austen was endeavoring to change the lavish and hyperbolic cases presented by her progressively well known and nostalgic antecedents, for example, Charlotte Smith. Hers, among many, were the writings that described females in writing as politically 'reasonable' and wistfully gothic. Austen uses all the abstract abundances that portray the gothic custom to ridicule the 'sensibilities' that denoted her contemporary women's activist partners. The job of parody destabilizes gentility; the misrepresented 'sentimental desires' and hallucinations give a parodic deceived female figure.
