PPT-Feminist Criticism

Pizza rolls not gender roles Key Terms Patriarchy maledominated power structures Misogyny hatred of women Genderrole stereotyping a series of norms and behaviors based on gender. at Point Zero. by. . Nawal. El . Saadawi. By. : Aída Terán, Ana Gabriela Apolo, Sebastián Alvarado, Juan Francisco Beltrán, Nicolás . Saá. and Adriana Montalvo. Nawal El Saadawi’s . LIFE. ATS4280 Encyclopedia Entry Feminist Sitcom 1. Introduction The situatio n comedy, or sitcom, is a genre of television that has been popular since the emergence of the medium. The sitcom is a broad : Reading Contemporary . Fiction. Feminism and Literature. Feminism and Contemporary Culture. Feminism and Literature. Lecture Content. “Feminism has fought no wars. It has killed no opponents. It has set up no concentration camps, starved no enemies, practiced no cruelties. Its battles have been for education, for the vote, for better working conditions.. for safety on the streets… for child care, for social welfare… for rape crisis . I. n her essay "Representing Ophelia: Woman, Madness and the Responsibilities of Feminist Criticism," Elaine Showalter asks if Ophelia is "indeed representative of Woman," and if her madness stands "for the oppression of women in society as well as tragedy." This question is certainly not the only one that feminists would be interested in exploring, but it is one of the central concerns of critical scholarship over the years. Consequently, scenes in which Ophelia plays a significant role, although limited, provide some of the best opportunities to apply the feminist lens. Three scenes in particular would be appropriate:. “Frailty, thy name is woman!”. What is feminism?. Feminism is “the . drive to achieve rights and equality for women in social, political and economic life. .”. “Feminism . is not necessarily anti-men, but is against sexism: the beliefs and practices which structure and maintain the subordination and oppression of women. English 113. Literature-Based Research. Suzann Ledford. Introduction to Literary Criticism. Literary criticism has two main functions:. To analyze, study, and evaluate works of literature.. To form general principles for the examination of works of literature.. By: . Becca. & . Anshika. The Feministic Approach. Concerned with the impact of the gender on writing and reading. Does not simply look at the literature from female writers or female characters. A How-To Guide. There are myriad things to notice and comment upon in any text.. Literary (critical) lenses focus our vision, drawing our attention to one specific aspect of a text. The feminist lens looks with a critical eye at a work’s portrayal of gender as it relates to power and identity.. “The study of gender, within literature, is of general importance to everyone.”. - Judith Spector. “I have a male mind with male experiences. Therefore I see things through the perception of a man. I couldn’t relate to some of Virginia Woolf’s views and I despised the way she pushed her viewpoint on the reader. This was brought on by my masculinity, I feel.”. What is Feminist Literary Criticism?. Definition…. Feminist criticism is concerned with the . impact of gender . on writing and reading.. Gender versus Biological Sex. Gender refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women. English . 4U. by . Carlinda. . D’Alimonte. This presentation is partly based on a PowerPoint by . Suzann . Ledford.. Introduction to Literary Criticism. Any piece of text can be read with a number of different sets of “glasses,” meaning you are looking for different things within the text.. lenses. . applied to an object under consideration; they bring certain qualities into focus or call our attention to particular issues.. . Why do we use different forms of criticism?. Literary criticism is an extension of the social activity of interpreting. One reader writes down his or her views on what a particular work of literature means so that others can respond to that interpretation. The critic's specific purpose may be to . , Aidan, . and Sean . McC. . . Definition. Feminist criticism is a type of literary criticism focusing on the role of women in literature.. Centering on the style in which the piece is written, and the way it relates to women. Psychoanalytic Criticism . Psychoanalytic.  criticism adopts the methods of "reading" employed by Freud and later theorists to interpret texts. It argues that literary texts, like dreams, express the secret unconscious desires and anxieties of the author, that a literary work is a manifestation of the author's own neuroses. One may psychoanalyze a particular character within a literary work, but it is usually assumed that all such characters are projections of the author's psyche..