Feminist literary criticism

A very basic way of thinking about literary theories, are that these ideas act as different lenses critics use to view and talk about art, literature, and even culture (Brizee, Tompkins, Chernouski, & Boyle, 2016). Throughout the last two and a half years, we have read many different novels each depicting a different literary theory. New Historicism New Historicism can be viewed as a literary theory in which the ideas and assumptions of the prevailing historic era are considered when viewing or

Cixous's The Laugh of the Medusa Critiqued Against Showalter's Essay Feminist Criticism in the Wilderness         In learning about feminist theory this semester, one idea that arose from class discussions was the notion of essentialism.  Essentialism, a theory that stresses essence as opposed to existence, was discussed at length and while some classmates found it to reductionary and cliché, it is a question that I assume must be asked of ecriture

Literary criticism refers to the study of how literature is evaluated and interpreted. Literature is a common aspect of the life of scholars, and we need to understand and then evaluate the texts we read to get the intended message. There are a number of literary criticism theories that can be used in evaluating literature work. The different theories are applicable differently depending on the text in question. For instance, the feminist criticism theory is a theory that is used to analyze texts

premised upon an ideological attempt to wed the practice of history and literary criticism. In this type of textual analysis, the literary work is juxtaposed with historical events (characteristic of the time period in which the work was produced) in an effort to understand the implications within the text. This line of inquiry serves to recover a "historical consciousness" which may be utilized in the rendering of literary theory. "Poems and novels came to be seen in isolation, as urnlike objects

but instead challenges the dominant modes of interpretation when dealing with children’s literature. Buckley engages with Neil Gaiman’s Coraline, challenging some of the critical responses to the book, as well as drawing in some foundational literary criticism authors and thinkers such as Sigmund Freud, Roland Barthes and Lewis Carroll. Buckley’s intention with this paper is to oppose restrictive interpretations of Coraline, as she posits the book to be far more complex than most examples of children’s

Shahad A Butaleb Abid Vali ENG 200 Literary Analysis and Synthesis Gender Roles: A Literary Approach Different social and cultural implications are constructed in different literature approaches. Feminist literary criticism is extended of Gender criticism, which is concerned with women and the construction of gender and sexuality. In the poem "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning, and the short story "Sweat" by Zora Hurston, the combination of race, gender, and feminism is reflected through the

Madeline Vanzant Dr. Adriane Bezusko ENG 3243 5 May 2015 Annotated Bibliography Liberal Humanism, Formalism, New Criticism Liberal humanism, formalism, and New Criticism are literary theories based on the practice of close reading – studying a text in isolation. This practice maintains that the meaning of a text exists within the text itself. These literary theories share the same principle but use different methods. Liberal humanism places a strong emphasis on teaching morals, suggesting the moral

In this notion Woman is the producer of textual meaning and the literature .This is in true sense the female model of writing being independent of male values and norms. It reflects the position and importance of women’s writing in the literary history. In this way, Gynocriticism consciously avoids the inevitability and predictability of male models and theories and seeks a solely female model. Elaine Showalter claims that similar to the male writers, female writers to have their own tradition

Analyzing works of literature through different literary lenses allows one to retrain his or her mind to think critically. One's ability to think critically while reading literary texts is pivotal, especially since literary criticism requires his or her mind to read a text through a specific literary lens. When one applies a particular literary theory to a text, he or she embarks on a unique journey; a voyage that allows him or her to question both the text and its author—in order to discover the

women-only book club requires of a feminist standpoint. Moi (1991) acknowledges that in order to achieve a feminist standpoint to understanding literary criticism, or in this case reader's response, it is necessary to understand the social aspects of literacy production. For Bourdieu (1995), the literary field is itself in a dominated position, in which the literary production has been submissive to the demands of those who hold economic and cultural power. From a feminist perspective, the powerful distinctions