LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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Question
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What does gynocriticism recommend as an approach to literature?
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Examining only female-authored literature more critically
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Considering women’s literature outside of its historical context
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Becoming more familiar with the history of women and women’s writing
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All of the above answers are correct.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -By expanding the historical study of women writers as a distinct literary tradition, gynocritics sought to develop new models based on the study of female experience to replace male models of literary creation, and so “map the territory” left unexplored in earlier literary criticisms.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gynocriticism is the study of women’s writing. The term gynocritics was coined by Elaine Showalter in 1979 to refer to a form of feminist literary criticism that is concerned with women as writers.
Detailed explanation-3: -Introduction. Female Literary Canon. Phase of Imitation. Phase of Protest. Phase of Self-realisation. Criticism.
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