Feminist Criticism

What is the direct product of the ‘woman’s movement’ of the 1960s?

• Feminist literary criticism

• Biology

• Literature

• Political position

According to Toril Moi, what is ‘a political position’?

• Female

• Feminine

• Feminism

• Socialisation

What was the major focus of feminist criticism in the 1970s?

• Rethinking the canon

• Exposing mechanisms of patriarchy

• Exploring female world and outlook

• Constructing a new canon of women’s writing

What did Elaine Showalter describe as a shift of attention in the late 1970s?

• Rethinking the canon

• Focusing on women's texts

• Constructing a new canon of women’s writing

• Exploring female world and outlook

What is the role of language in feminist criticism?

• Promoting gender stereotypes

• Reinforcing patriarchal power

• Creating barriers for women

• Making what is social and constructed seem transparent and ‘natural’

What is the question raised about male and female identity in feminist criticism?

• Whether there is a male language

• Whether men and women are ‘essentially’ different because of biology

• Whether there is a female language

• Whether there is a female language available to men

What is the purpose of ‘re-reading’ psychoanalysis in feminist criticism?

• To challenge representations of women as ‘Other’

• To reinforce gender stereotypes

• To explore the issue of female and male identity

• To examine power relations in texts

What is the focus of feminist criticism in examining representations of women in literature?

• Valuing women’s experience

• Breaking down power relations

• Rediscovering texts written by women

• Challenging representations of women as ‘Other’

What is the significance of 'gynocriticism' in feminist criticism?

• To explore the issue of female and male identity

• To challenge representations of women as ‘Other’

• To examine power relations in texts

• To focus on the study of women as writers

What is the main objective of 'feminist literary criticism'?

• To reinforce gender stereotypes

• To challenge the patriarchal bias in literature

• To promote male dominance in literature

• To ignore the role of women in literature