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FEMINIST CRITICISM


Possibly the easiest school of literary criticism to define is Feminist Criticism. This school deals primarily with the roles of women throughout literature and the various challenges that they faced within the male-dominated "canon." Feminist Criticism concerns itself with gender oppression and pays special attention to the way in which literature, or society, constructs certain identities for each gender. Key words in identifying this school are patriarchy, misogyny, essentialism, constructivism, and gender.


Major Critics: Elaine Showalter, Helene Cixous

 

 

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