ENGL 2005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Eliza Haywood, Amatory Fiction, Second-Wave Feminism
23 Aug 2017
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Feminist theory: contemporary feminist theory & first wave feminism. Co(cid:373)es f(cid:396)o(cid:373) the so(cid:272)ial (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of suff(cid:396)ages, (cid:396)ight to (cid:448)ote, (cid:373)ate(cid:396)(cid:374)al e(cid:373)phasis o(cid:374) (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s role within society (special identity in womanhood) Contemporary theory of feminism rejects: (cid:858)(cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) a(cid:396)e (cid:271)iologi(cid:272)all(cid:455) desti(cid:374)ed to (cid:271)e (cid:373)othe(cid:396)s(cid:859: second wave feminism. De(cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:373)i(cid:374)alisatio(cid:374) of (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s se(cid:454)ualit(cid:455) (cid:894)a(cid:271)o(cid:396)tio(cid:374), (cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)a(cid:272)epti(cid:448)es/(cid:271)i(cid:396)th (cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)ol(cid:895) Women have a right to control their reproductive identities: relevance: post structuralism & psychoanalytic theory. 1970s: critique the mechanism of the patriarchy/masculine ideologies of representation in all manner of cultural texts (including literature) [representational] Early 1980s: (influence of post structuralism and psychoanalysis) draw on other elements in contemporary theory. Fo(cid:272)us: (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)es, outlooks, aestheti(cid:272)s, (cid:272)o(cid:374)st(cid:396)u(cid:272)t a (cid:374)e(cid:449) (cid:272)a(cid:374)o(cid:374) of (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s writing: women writers. He(cid:396) (cid:862)a(cid:373)ato(cid:396)(cid:455) fi(cid:272)tio(cid:374)(cid:863) was brought into light by feminists (she was looked over by literary developmental history) 5 issues shaped the feminist debate: role of theory: (cid:396)ele(cid:448)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e to fe(cid:373)i(cid:374)ist theo(cid:396)eti(cid:272)al p(cid:396)oje(cid:272)t; (cid:862)a(cid:374)glo-a(cid:373)e(cid:396)i(cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:448)s (cid:862)f(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)h(cid:863) feminists (french influenced by psychoanalytic theory, nature of language:
