Feminist writers

differ. The portrayal of women in Dracula’s novel and Coppola has received a lot critical attention especially the main female character (Mina Murray). Thus, this ppresent research tries to reveal crucial differences in the portrayal of Mina Murray. Feminist Literary Criticism Theory is the basis analysis to provide the general view points of women in novel and film. Besides, the Binary Opposition is applied to clearly showw the differences between reprentation of Mina. The result shows that Mina’s characters

generally providing a critique of social relations, many proponents of feminism also focus on analyzing gender inequality and the promotion of women's rights, interests, and issues. Feminist theory aims to understand the nature of gender inequality and focuses on gender politics, power relations and sexuality. Feminist political activism campaigns on issues such as reproductive rights, domestic violence, maternity leave, equal pay, sexual harassment, discrimination and sexual violence. Themes explored

Feminist Criticism and Titus Andronicus What is Feminist Criticism? Everyone has heard of feminism, although, not everyone supports the cause. The definition of feminism is “the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men.” The confusion of feminism begins with an inequality for men. Men are disadvantaged to women as well, for example, men are required in the United States to enlist in the military at eighteen, whereas women are not. Feminism is the

too flaccid for interest. Indeed, feminist critic, Elaine Showalter confirms this in her essay, ‘Representing Ophelia: Women, Madness, and the Responsibilities of Feminist Criticism’ stating that ‘for most critics of Shakespeare, Ophelia has been an insignificant minor character in the play, touching in her weakness and madness but chiefly interesting, of course, in what she tells us about Hamlet’ . This statement is proof that when analysing Ophelia from a feminist perspective, we cannot blindly follow

(cited in Walklate 2001: 19). A reason for this includes that history has been prepared to offer universal explanations of crime achieved by the study of the male offender. Feminists such as (Naffine 1997: 18) believe that criminology has been ‘dominated by academic men studying criminal men'. A major concern for feminist writers on this subject is that for many the world is seen as a masculine one, despite facts clearly proving that it is made up of feminine and masculine

considered a single doctrine in that all feminists subscribe to a range of ‘common ground’ beliefs, such as the existence of a patriarchal society, and the desire to change gender inequalities. Then again, it can be argued that feminism is characterised more by disagreement than consensus, as three broad traditions: liberal feminism, Marxist or socialist feminism, and radical feminism, which often contain rival tendencies, are encompassed within each core feminist theme. This essay will argue that, despite

N.J. : Rutgers UP, 1990. Print. The author examines early modernism from the feminists’ perspectives. The concept of feminism has been raised and debated in most of the literary works in America in Europe. The genre and sexuality were among many thoughts and concept in feminism movements in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This work adds the voice of the other gender, feminism, where many feminists’ critics defined their standpoint in modernism. Burstein, Jessica. Cold Modernism

The theory focused on is the exploration of feminist theory developed by Mary Wollstonecraft in the 1790’s. The traditional interpretation of this theory is based on the common ideology of feminism within the Communication world. Illustrating gender inequality the feminist theory analysis into the social fields of politics, business, media platforms, and social normalities. Research traditions include socio-psychology and semiotics due to the cause and effect relationships that help create social

APPLYING “THE WOMAN QUESTION” TO ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS: THE CASE OF AN AFRICAN NIGERIAN WOMAN (Short Presentation and Summary) ¬¬¬¬BY: UCHENNA IJOMA This brief paper examines my application of the feminist research methodology to my future research. My research topic is centred on what role law has to play to balance the interest between the environmental hazards affecting the Climate and satisfying the basic energy need of poor women living in the rural area of Nigeria who depends solely

Feminist literary criticism is approach that is most concerned with the role of women within the context of literature. This includes how female characters are created and understood within any given text, in addition to the role of female authors and female readers. This paper shall focus on some of the theoretical concepts which have been contributed to the feminist literary discourse. It shall compare and contrast aspects of theory put forth by three prominent feminist critics, while also considering