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Literary Theory. Mapping 21st-Century Feminist Theory. Feminist theory is a vast, enormously diverse, interdisciplinary field that cuts across the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. As a result, this article cannot offer a historical overview or even an exhaustive account of 21st-century feminist theory.
Feminist literature is fiction, nonfiction, drama, or poetry, which supports the feminist goals of defining, establishing, and defending equal civil, political, economic, and social rights for women. It often identifies women's roles as unequal to those of men – particularly as regarding status, privilege, and power – and ...
19. Apr. 2024 · feminism, the belief in social, economic, and political equality of the sexes. Although largely originating in the West, feminism is manifested worldwide and is represented by various institutions committed to activity on behalf of women’s rights and interests.
- What is feminism?At its core, feminism is the belief in full social, economic, and political equality for women. Feminism largely arose in response to Western tradi...
- Who were some early feminist thinkers and activists?In medieval France philosopher Christine de Pisan challenged the social restrictions on women and pushed for women’s education. In 18th-century Eng...
- What is intersectional feminism?Intersectionality is a term coined by professor Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989 to describe how different social categories interact, sometimes resulting...
- How have feminist politics changed the world?Feminism has provided Western women with increased educational opportunities, the right to vote, protections against workplace discrimination, and...
Here, we’ll examine how to apply established principles of feminist theory to works of literature. Feminist literary theory is the practice of examining a book from a feminist perspective — that is, with issues of gender inequities in mind. In the 1960s and 70s, feminism, a political and social movement that advocated for women’s rights ...
7. März 2019 · Feminist Novels and Novelists. By NASRULLAH MAMBROL on March 7, 2019 • ( 0 ) Feminist long fiction features female characters whose quest for self-agency leads to conflict with a traditionally masculinist and patriarchal society. These novels have been harshly criticized and dismissed—and even ridiculed—for their nontraditional female characters.
Feminist literary criticism is literary criticism informed by feminist theory, or more broadly, by the politics of feminism. It uses the principles and ideology of feminism to critique the language of literature.
Feminist literary theory has deliberately transgressed traditional boundaries between literature, philosophy, and the social sciences in order to understand how gender has been constructed and represented through language. This lively and thought-provoking Companion presents a range of approaches to the field.
