ENG 1120 Study Guide - Final Guide: Hills Like White Elephants, Short Story Cycle, Nonlinear Narrative
23 Apr 2016
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Looks at literature as mirroring the institutions from which it arises and is itself a social institution that has a particular ideological focus. Class struggles and materialism are often the themes of literary texts. 3 main ideas: societies are determined by its material production, if the order of material changes, the class of societies change (the gap from the rich and poor growing wider), keeps in mind power and money. The simplest form of feminist criticism examines images of women in literature. A feministic critic might look at mrs. mallard as a victim of her situation-a woman with few options. A feministic critic might analyze madeline in terms of her character being cast in the role of the temptress, and how this characterization by her brother roderick leads to her death. 2 mains books: the feminine mystique 1963 by betty friedan and sexual politics (1970) by kate millet. New historicism (how author"s background effects the story)
