Question

According to Janice Radway, identify the legitimate functions romance novels serve in the lives of women readers.a. they offer an escape from drudgeryb. they show women how to be happy without menc. they reaffirm traditional gender rolesd. they provide alternative behavioral scripts

Answer 1

a. they offer an escape from drudgery

Step-by-step explanation:

On the surface, Radway’s article appears to be a dissection of Smithton women’s preferences in romantic novels, their reasons and rationale for escaping their everyday toil and frustrations into a fantasy world of astonishingly masculine, yet fundamentally compassionate heroes.