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

a. they offer an escape from drudgery

d. they provide alternative behavioral script

Explanation:

Women, when they have the possibility of consuming this type of text, temporarily reject the impositions associated with their role as women of the house and focus on a fictional escape, where they accompany a heroine and feel cared for by romantic love. Readers have such an impact that it provokes a struggle towards gender impositions established on their own terms.

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