LIT 3380 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Feminist Literary Criticism, Intersectionality, Dialectic

• School: UT-Dallas
• Department: Literary Studies
• Course: LIT 3380
• Professor: Starnaman Sabrina

Document Summary

Not, exposing the sexual stereotyping of women in lit and criticism, showing shortcomings of schools to deal with women"s works. Women doing this work were at stake, not so much the literature. There were republishing of women"s lost literary works. Allowed for a part of history to be opened up and development and progression of women in this business. Led to women being able to show and tell the differences between men and women, what occupied their time, women"s way of thinking. United women together in their shared values, experiences and behaviors, finding self expression vs. a male society. But women writers still write about the inevitable subordinate role of women in that era. Emphasis in feminist literary study is a social institution seen in literature and the society it is written by. Impact of these art on life, influence it exerts. New set of eyes to read the books.