PPT-Feminism/Gender Approach to Criticism

By Becca amp 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. : 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 . Training Session . 12 Mar 2014. Intro. The . opp. to feminism is NEVER ‘feminism is . silly’. Finding . different ways to achieve equality of the sexes (Also whether or not different things are feminist or not . . . Feminist Approach to study of politics. A. ) Introductory Comments Regarding Various Approaches to the study of Politics. What is . Feminism?. Feminism as an approach developed in respect of gender discrimination in the . Dr. Maier. Aristotle: . Poetics. First significant work of literary criticism . Authored in 335 B.C. . Pity and Fear (Eleos and Phobos) . Catharsis. Mimesis. A Multiplicity of Approaches. Literary critics are almost never unified in their interpretation of a novel or any literary work. Why do you suppose this is the case? What factors make it virtually impossible for critics to come to a consensus regarding the meaning of a literary work? . Professor Crain. Lady Gaga Feminism. “She’ll . say something feminist one minute and equate feminism with man-hating the next. Sometimes she seems too skinny, too blonde, too commercial–but then she explains how her Bad Romance video simulates the trafficking of women as commodities in the music industry and I swoon. New conceptions of work and working . lives. 17. th. . February 2017. Seminar Presented to The . Gender and Diversity Research Group. Faculty of Business. Auckland . university of Technology. Marianna . “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.”. www.educationforum.co.uk. . Owes much to . Weberianism. .. Feminism identifies more than just economic inequality – . Weberian. ideas like status (men and women) and party (old boys networks), also very important. 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. ~Simone de Beauvoir. Patriarchy . . defined . “A term used by feminist critics to describe the structuring of society on the basis of ‘father-rule,’ or paternal authority, and the concomitant marginalization or subordination of women. Feminist critics critique patriarchal society as dominated by men promoting masculine ‘values’ that, in turn, maintain men in positions of power—in short, as a system that perpetuates male dominance, whether in the family or in government, in the arts or in religion, and relegates women to the domestic sphere” . 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 . To understand the meaning of Patriarchy.. To relate feminist thinking to range of social issues (and consolidate our understanding). To develop paragraph style in sociology writing (illustrating points with examples). Feminism is a set of theories which suggest that society does not consider or treat women as equal to men.. It was in the 1960s and 1970s that feminism became popular. There were other women’s movements before that, such as the suffragettes who fought for votes for women in the early 20thC.. ...But feminists are scary!. Some feminists you may know:. Beyoncé. Emma Watson. Joseph Gordon-Levitt. John Legend. Ellen DeGeneres. Lena Dunham. Amy Poehler. Tina Fey. Joss Whedon. Everyone standing up here!.