1. Feminist Critique
The object is to provide a critique of phallocentric assumptions and an analysis of patriarchal visions or ideologies inscribed in a literature that is male-centered and male-dominated. ... (i) "Feminist critique," - examining how women characters are portrayed, exposing the patriarchal ideology implicit in the so-called classics, and demonstrating that attitudes and traditions reinforcing systematic masculine dominance are inscribed in the literary canon. ... By the early 1990s, the French, American, and British approaches had so thoroughly critiqued, influenced, and assimilated one another...
- Word Count: 1975
- Approx Pages: 8
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Undergraduate