PPT-Feminist Literary Criticism:

A HowTo 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 works portrayal of gender as it relates to power and identity. A Brief Guide to Major . B. ranches. What is Literary Criticism?. The study of literary works through various theoretical “lenses.” (The Branches). Every work of literature can be analyzed in a different way by each reader/critic.. 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? . 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. 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. 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. “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.. This very brief survey of the emergence of feminist theology, particularly in the last thirty years of the twentieth century, has made it evident that feminist theology is global. Christian women theologians across the globe are concerned with common themes of critique of sexist symbols in Christianity and the reconstruction of the symbolism for God, Christ, humanity and nature, 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..