LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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Question
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Feminist Criticism includes all these except for ____
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how to make feminist readings visible to readers
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how to make feminist readings visible to readers
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how women read about themselves
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how women do not like male writers
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -As a social movement, feminist criticism highlights the various ways women, in particular, have been oppressed, suppressed, and repressed. It asks new questions of old texts. It develops and uncovers a female tradition in writing. It analyzes women writers and their works from female perspectives” (Copeland 184-186).
Detailed explanation-2: -Feminist literary criticism looks at literature assuming its production from a male-dominated perspective. It re-examines canonical works to show how gender stereotypes are involved in their functioning. It examines (and often rediscovers) works by women for a possible alternative voice.
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