Gynocritics and the Traversals of Women's Writing

Gynocritics and the Traversals of Women's Writing
Author: Hemant Verma
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2024-01-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1527530221

Discussions on any narrative focusing on the experiences of, about and by women have always had differences as well as similarities. What makes such varying approaches interesting is the fact that the re-readings and re-presentations of the hegemonic narratives necessitated the significance of feminist approaches which forms the major focus in the present volume. A feminist reading of the current narratives could explain how historically, women’s rights and roles have been undermined and how the absence of women was never a concern in the male-centered narratives. Women's writings provide a consciousness that helps individuals consider critically about how differently men and women are dealt. With different dimensions brought in through the various scholarly articles on the differential treatment of women in the highly misogynist society, the book offers the space for the intellectuals, the academic researchers, and scholars in the field of literature and humanities to contribute to the development of an egalitarian world.

Gynocritics and the Traversals of Women's Writing

Gynocritics and the Traversals of Women's Writing
Author: Hemant Verma
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781527530218

Discussions on any narrative focusing on the experiences of, about and by women have always had differences as well as similarities. What makes such varying approaches interesting is the fact that the re-readings and re-presentations of the hegemonic narratives necessitated the significance of feminist approaches which forms the major focus in the present volume. A feminist reading of the current narratives could explain how historically, women's rights and roles have been undermined and how the absence of women was never a concern in the male-centered narratives. Women's writings provide a consciousness that helps individuals consider critically about how differently men and women are dealt. With different dimensions brought in through the various scholarly articles on the differential treatment of women in the highly misogynist society, the book offers the space for the intellectuals, the academic researchers, and scholars in the field of literature and humanities to contribute to the development of an egalitarian world.

Gender in Modernism

Gender in Modernism
Author: Bonnie Kime Scott
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 896
Release: 2007
Genre: American literature
ISBN: 0252074181

Grouped into 21 thematic sections, this collection provides theoretical introductions to the primary texts provided by the scholars who have taken the lead in pushing both modernism and gender in different directions. It provides an understanding of the complex intersections of gender with an array of social identifications.

Women Writing and Writing about Women

Women Writing and Writing about Women
Author: Mary Jacobus
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2012
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0415521696

United by a common focus on writing by and about women, this collection of contemporary essays, spanning the novel, poetry, drama, film and criticism, emphasises some of the problems of theory and practice posed by writing as a woman and by women's representation in literature. The subjects of individual essays range from the nineteenth and twentieth century novel to avant-garde film, and from Victorian women poets to Russian women poets of today. Drawing on structuralism, psychoanalysis, semiotics, socio-linguistics and Marxist analyses of literature, the diverse essays suggest the variety and vigour of contemporary feminist literary criticism, as well as representing the debates animating it. Successfully bridging the gap between literary criticism and literary production, the scope of this collection will be of considerable interest to those concerned with developments in literary criticism as well as to those in the field of women's studies.

Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory

Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory
Author: Michael Groden
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 537
Release: 2012-10-05
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 142140639X

Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory: The Johns Hopkins Guide is a clear, accessible, and detailed overview of the most important thinkers and topics in the field. Written by specialists from across disciplines, its entries cover contemporary theory from Adorno to ?i?ek, providing an informative and reliable introduction to a vast, challenging area of inquiry. Materials include newly commissioned articles along with essays drawn from The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism, known as the definitive resource for students and scholars of literary theory and for philosophical reflection on literature and culture.

Literary Theory Today

Literary Theory Today
Author: Pramod K. Nayar
Publisher:
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2006
Genre:
ISBN: 9788178510057

Seeks To Be A Comprehensive Introduction To The Fast Growing Discipline Of Literary And Cultural Theory. Elaborates Concepts And Explain Arguments Of Principal Thinkers And Specific Schools.

The Pornography of Representation

The Pornography of Representation
Author: Susanne Kappeler
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2013-05-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0745667376

This book marks a radical and powerful intervention in traditional arguments about pornography. Kappeler re-examines the artistic distinctions between fantasy and reality, pornography and erotica, and challenges the legal definition of obscenity as well as the intellectual defence of 'freedom of expression'. By linking images of actual violence with the imaginative portrayal of women in the realm of the aesthetic, she establishes vital connections between modes of representation and social forms of power and domination. It is essential reading for anyone concerned with issues of pornography and sexual politics and related debates in literary criticism and cultural studies.

The Gender of Modernism

The Gender of Modernism
Author: Mary Lynn Broe
Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 740
Release: 1990-11-22
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

"This is the book we've been waiting for: a distinguished collection that demonstrates how revisions of Modernist definitions might proceed. . . . The Gender of Modernism . . . will be nothing less than an absolutely necessary text for Modernist studies." —Shari Benstock "Scott and her contributing editors . . . effectively [bring] together the issues of gender and modernism into a volume recommended for reference and classroom use." —James Joyce Literary Supplement " . . . a treasure trove for anyone interested in the literature and history of modern times." —Susan Gubar Authors included are: Djuna Barnes, Willa Cather, Nancy Cunard, H.D., T.S. Eliot, Jessie Redmond Fauset, Zora Neale Hurston, James Joyce, Nella Larsen, D.H. Lawrence, Mina Loy, Rose Macaulay, Hugh MacDiarmid, Katherine Mansfield, Charlotte Mew, Marianne Moore, Ezra Pound, Jean Rhys, Dorothy Richardson, May Sinclair, Gertrude Stein, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Rebecca West, Antonia White, Anna Wickham, and Virginia Woolf.

Fifty Key Literary Theorists

Fifty Key Literary Theorists
Author: Richard J. Lane
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2006-09-27
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1134303556

Covering over a century's worth of debate, thinking and writing about literature, this is a unique guide to the lives and works of fifty theorists who have left an indelible mark on literary studies. Featuring theorists such as Judith Butler, Jacques Derrida, Sigmund Freud and Edward Said, this accessible guide includes: a glossary of terms full cross-referencing for maximum ease of use authoritative guides to further reading on and by each theorist. An essential resource for all students of literature, Fifty Key Literary Theorists explores the gamut of critical debate, from the New Critics to the Deconstructionists, and from post-colonialism to post-Marxism and more.