Title: How to Use Feminist Literary Criticism | Pen and the Pad
Headings: How to Use Feminist Literary Criticism
How to Use Feminist Literary Criticism
Traditional Literary Uses
Entertainment and Feminist Criticism
Culture and Sexual Politics
Controversies and the Future

Content: Dominant discourse refers to the power dynamics that control the written, spoken and behavioral expectations imposed upon society and culture by those in power. One way that women writers contribute to dominant discourse is by showing how patriarchy misrepresents the emotional and sexual experiences of women and by exploring new narrative strategies that help reshape sexual politics. Cultural views on morality are “a product of books and movies like Fifty Shades of Grey ,” according to The Atlantic journalist Anna Green. Feminist critics say the novel shows “the terrible communication” between males and females. Controversies and the Future
It is common knowledge that the traditional work of women is devalued and women still make less money than men in many commercial enterprises at the time of publication. Contemporary men and women may support the ideals and uses of feminist criticism, but they often have a negative view of the word feminist and refer to it as the other “f” word. Some advocates of feminist views have suggested changing the word feminist to a word with less revolutionary significance, but biological and linguistic feminists argue that the male paradigm is what needs changing; they counter that society should accept the word "feminist" and stay open to criticism as an honest way to identify the creative differences between the sexes and reward these differences equally. References
Oxford University; Creative Commons: