PPT-Feminist Literary Theory

ENG 4U Diversity Feminist literary theory is difficult to define because feminism itself is difficult to define The term feminism does not claim to account for all womens experiences in exactly the same way because women have different experiences based on race religion sexual orientation class age heritage geographic location physical appearance etc There is great diversity within feminism. : 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 . “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. How the man is keeping us (women) down. Traditional Gender Roles. Masculine. Feminine. Things Men Don’t . Do?. Being a Man in Patriarchal Culture. Most of the behaviors listed on the previous slide, behaviors forbidden to men, are probably considered womanish.. Moon . Hinga. 2014. So what is it?. Feminist theory is one of the major contemporary sociological theories, which . analyzes the status of women and men in society with the purpose of using that knowledge to better women's lives. Film . Theory . & Criticism. Film Studies. Literary Theory & Criticism. Film Theory & Criticism. no literary equivalent. Auteurism. Thumbnail: . Identification of the primary signatures (thematic, stylistic, geographical) of a given filmmaker, customarily the director. 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.. Identity and Behavior. Liz Redford, Kate A. . Ratliff, & Jordan . Rogaliner. University of Florida. Background. Purpose. : to examine whether attitudes toward feminist prototypes predict the extent to which men and women identify as feminists and are willing to engage in feminist behaviors, above and beyond variation in gender equality attitudes.. Pizza rolls, not gender roles!. Key Terms. Patriarchy . – male-dominated power structures. Misogyny . – hatred of women. Gender-role stereotyping . – a series of norms and behaviors based on gender. John Michael . Mumme. , . Cammy. . Sray. , James Sandberg, . & the CU Writing Center present:. Using Feminist criticism . vs. being a feminist. “Feminism”: leave the connotations at the door . Way of looking beyond plot and character development . Allows you to put on a lens and view a text in a variety of different ways. Recognized Critical Lenses. Moral/Intellectual. Topical/Historical. New Critical/Formalist. The basis of the feminist . movements, both . in literature and politics, is . that Western . culture is . fundamentally patriarchal . (i.e., created by . men, controlled . by men, viewed through . the eyes . Advising. Peter L. Hagen, Stockton University. Julie Givans Voller, . Phoenix College: . a Maricopa Community College. Learning outcomes for this session;. Understand the connection between Theory of Mind and academic advising. 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.. & . Literary Techniques. Literary devices. There are two types of literary devices: . literary elements . and . literary techniques. .. Literary elements . are found in . every. well-written piece and are essential to the creation of the literary work..