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Headings: Feminist Criticism (1960s-present)
Feminist Criticism (1960s-present)
Common Space in Feminist Theories
Typical questions:

Content: What does the work say about women's creativity? What does the history of the work's reception by the public and by the critics tell us about the operation of patriarchy? What role does the work play in terms of women's literary history and literary tradition? ( Tyson)
Here is a list of scholars we encourage you to explore to further your understanding of this theory: Mary Wollstonecraft - A Vindication of the Rights of Women, 1792
Simone de Beauvoir - Le Deuxième Sexe (The Second Sex), 1949
Julia Kristeva - About Chinese Women, 1977
Elaine Showalter - A Literature of Their Own, 1977; " Toward a Feminist Poetics," 1979
Deborah E. McDowell - "New Directions for Black Feminist Criticism," 1980
Alice Walker - In Search of Our Mother's Gardens, 1983
Lillian S. Robinson - "Treason out Text: Feminist Challenges to the Literary Canon," 1983
Camille Paglia - Sexual Personae: The Androgyne in Literature and Art, 1990
Here is the Tyson source referenced above: Lois Tyson - Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide, 2nd ed.,