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Critical Essays
Chronology Of Key Events
Preface
Suffrage in the 20th Century
The Feminist Movement in the 20th Century
United States Suffrage Movement in the 19th Century
Women and Women's Writings from Antiquity Through the Middle Ages
Women in the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries
Women in the 19th Century
Women in the Early to Mid-20th Century (1900-1960)
Women's Literature from 1900 to 1960
Women's Literature from 1960 to the Present
Women's Literature in the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries
Women's Literature in the 19th Century
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Feminism in Literature Questions and Answers
Explain the concept of Feminism according to the viewpoint of Judith Butler.
What literary theory can be used to examine Konadu's A Woman in Her Prime?
What is a clear definition of feminism?
In Éilís Ní Dhuibhne's short story "Blood and Water," what are the key themes that make it a feminist work?
Can Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter be read as a protofeminist novel?
"It's important to remember that feminism is no longer a group of organizations or leaders. It's the expectations that parents have for their daughters, and their sons too. It's the way we talk about and treat one another. It's who makes the money and who makes the compromises and who makes the dinner. It's a state of mind. It's the way we live now." - Anna Quindlen How does this statement relate directly to feminism as a MOVEMENT (as opposed to a theory) in the study of Feminist Literary Criticism?
The 20th Century opened a great many doors for women, putting them in a position to exercise power over a man or otherwise show that they would not be content to play second fiddle to a man. Consider the status or strength of women in three literary works which have expressed an interest in a woman’s use of power. Are these women in control or are they exercising some kind of power? How did they get it and did they hold onto it? Explain your points fully.
Would you please help me with the names of some plays to which I can apply a feminist reading? Ibsen's A Doll's House, Williams' The Glass Menagerie, and Miller's Death of a Salesman are excluded. The names of plays between which I can make a comparison would be useful.
What is "gendered Internet," and how is it discussed in Fotopoulou's "Digital and networked by default? Women’s organisations and the social imaginary of networked feminism" and Gajjala's "South Asian digital diasporas and cyberfeminist webs: negotiating globalization, nation, gender and information technology design"?
How has the theme of transgression and gender been handled in the 16th and the 17th century European comedy in the genre of drama? By "transgression and gender", I mean "women's breaking free from gender hierarchy in a patriarchal set-up."