PPT-Gender Criticism

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 couldnt relate to some of Virginia Woolfs views and I despised the way she pushed her viewpoint on the reader This was brought on by my masculinity I feel. Notes for the Director. OVERVIEW. Every production engenders a response. Directors need to grow by listening seriously and . thoughfully. to the feedback your production generates. Performance. A production is never finished until an audience watches and . 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.. Different Ways of Looking at Literary Texts. Types of criticism. in this slideshow. Reader’s response. Formalist. Structuralist. Archetypal . Deconstruction. Feminist deconstruction . Post-structural. 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. Terms and Methods. Cultural . C. riticism. You will be participating in the larger genre of. . “cultural criticism” .  detailed analysis and/or evaluation of popular culture (groups, events, trends/developments, people, places, artifacts,. Most controversial, most abused, least appreciated form. Associated with Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939) and his followers. Creative writing (like dreaming) represents the (disguised) fulfillment of a (repressed) wish or fear. Redaction Criticism. Robert C. Newman. Biblical Seminary. Form Criticism. Terminology. '. Form Criticism. '. is the English rendering of the German . Formgeschichte. . ". form history. ". or . Gattungsforschung. 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. ANALYSIS OUTLINE. Defining Art Criticism. Art criticism is responding to, interpreting meaning, and making critical judgments about specific works of art.. Art critics help viewers perceive, interpret, and judge artworks.. Important Points:. Attribute latent or hidden meaning to unacknowledged desires in some person, usually the author or source behind the character in the narrative or drama.. Can also focus on the response of the readers and usually accepts the influence of changing social history on the structures of sexual desire represented in a work.. Important Points:. Attribute latent or hidden meaning to unacknowledged desires in some person, usually the author or source behind the character in the narrative or drama.. Can also focus on the response of the readers and usually accepts the influence of changing social history on the structures of sexual desire represented in a work.. Mrs. Crowell. (information adapted from Ms. . Klassen. ). Literary Criticism: An Introduction. A DEFINITION:. Literary Criticism is the . study, analysis . and interpretation of a literary work. . The . 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 theory and criticism are interpretive tools that help us think more deeply and insightfully about the literature that we read. Over time, different schools of literary criticism have developed, each with its own approaches to the act of reading..