Feminist-Criticism

2017FeministCriticism陈莹1.DefinitionandGoals2.TheHistoryofFeministCriticismontentsFeministCriticismisaliterarycriticisminformedbyfeministtheoryorbythepoliticsoffeminismmorebroadly.Whatisfeministcriticism?1.Torediscovertheworksofwomenwritersoverlookedbyamasculine-dominatedculture.2.Toreviewbooksbymaleauthorsfromawoman'spointofviewtounderstandhowtheybothreflectandshapetheattitudesthathaveheldwomenback3.Tointerpretsymbolismofwomen'swritingsothatitwillnotbelostorignoredbythemalepointofview.4.Toincreaseawarenessinthesexualpoliticsoflanguageandstyle.TheHistoryofFeministCriticism:1.1.1900s---1920sRejectionofpatriarchalgenderbias1.2.1960s---1970sStudyingofthefemaleliteraryhistory1.3.1980s---1990s---ConstructionoffeministcriticismtheoryWomen’sgoalistorevoltthepatriarchalsocietalconstructanddefinefemaleidentifythemselves.Feministinsiststhatwomenareautonomousbeings,theyshouldrejectthefalsesocietalconstructthatmenarethesubjectwhilewomenaretheOther.Representativepersonage:VirginiaWoolf;SimonedeBeavoir独立的个体反对父权社会结构Feministsdistinguishedsexandgender,arguingthatwomenmustestablishfemalesocialconventionsforthemselves.Begantoexaminethetraditionalliterarycanon(文学经典）.Assertedthatthemaleswhogainedprominenceincanonassumedallreadersweremale.Representativepersonage:KateMillettMovingfrompoliticaltoliteraryareaSincefemaleauthorswereexcludedfromtheliterarycanonbythosemaleprofessors,feministsurgedthatsuchexclusionoffemalevoicemuststop.Feministsshouldconstructafemaleframeworkforanalysisofwomen’sliteraturetodevelopnewmodelsbasedonthestudyoffemaleexperience.Representativepersonage:ElaineShowalter