- "Feminist literary criticism is literary criticism informed by feminist theory, or more broadly, by the politics of feminism."
The study of literature from a feminist perspective, examining issues such as gender, sexuality, and power.
Feminism: A comprehensive study of the feminist movement and the role it has played in literature, society, and politics.
Gender and sexuality: Sexual identity, orientation, and liberation, and their portrayal in literature.
Women's rights and empowerment: The impact of traditional gender roles and societal norms on women and their struggle for equality.
Patriarchy: The origins, manifestations, and effects of systemic oppression and domination by men in society.
Intersectionality: The interconnectedness of race, class, gender, and other factors that contribute to social inequality and intersect to shape women's experiences.
Feminist criticism: An analytical approach to literature that examines how gender, race, class, and other factors intersect and shape the work.
Feminist literature: A study of literature created by women, that discusses women’s socio-economic and political issues, and how it differs from the mainstream literary forms.
Women's health: Examining how women's health is impacted by social, political, and economic factors and how society approaches women’s reproductive rights.
Environmental and Ecological Feminism: Understanding how a patriarchal system leads to environmental destruction and how feminist movements can change this.
Global Feminism: An understanding of the global scope of feminism, and perspectives that differ from a colonial perspective, how feminist theories are applied across cultures.
Feminist film criticism: How feminist theories and principles are applied to the medium of film.
The history of feminist thought: The evolution of feminist theories, from the Suffragettes to the Third Wave, and the impact of feminist theories on society.
Queer Feminism: Intersection of Feminism and Queer theory, and the role that it plays in the struggle for LGBTQIA+ rights and Liberation.
Feminist Activism: Understanding the ways in which feminist principles are applied in political and social action.
Feminist Literary Criticism: It focuses on the analysis of gender, sexuality, race, and class in literature. This type of analysis aims to discover how the representation of women in literature affects our perceptions of gender and sexuality.
Intersectional Feminism: It examines the interconnectedness of different types of oppression, such as racism, sexism, and homophobia. This approach highlights the ways in which systems of oppression intersect and compound, creating unique experiences for individuals.
Postcolonial Feminism: It emphasizes the experience of women in the postcolonial world. The approach combines feminist theory with postcolonial theories to analyze the ways in which colonialism has affected the lives of women.
Psychoanalytic Feminism: It uses psychoanalytic theories to analyze literary works. This approach emphasizes the importance of the unconscious mind and how it influences our behavior and understanding of gender relations.
Ecofeminism: It explores the relationship between feminism and environmentalism. This approach emphasizes the interconnectedness of women, nature and the environment.
Cyberfeminism: It explores the intersection of feminism and technology. This approach examines the ways in which technology has influenced the lives of women and how women have used technology to challenge traditional gender roles.
Queer Feminism: It examines the relationship between gender and sexuality. This approach emphasizes the fluidity of gender and sexuality, and advocates for the liberation of individuals from traditional gender roles and expectations.
Black Feminism: It focuses on the experiences of black women and the intersectionality of race and gender. This approach highlights how black women face specific forms of oppression that differ from those faced by white women and men of color.
- "It uses the principles and ideology of feminism to critique the language of literature."
- "It seeks to analyze and describe the ways in which literature portrays the narrative of male domination by exploring the economic, social, political, and psychological forces embedded within literature."
- "It has changed the way literary texts are viewed and studied, as well as changing and expanding the canon of what is commonly taught."
- "It is used a lot in Greek myths."
- "It sought to examine old texts within the literary canon through a new lens."
- "Examining both the development and discovery of female tradition of writing, and rediscovering of old texts." - "Interpreting symbolism of women's writing so that it will not be lost or ignored by the male point of view." - "Resisting sexism inherent in the majority of mainstream literature."
- "These goals were developed by Lisa Tuttle in the 1980s."
- "It has sought to analyze women writers and their writings from a female perspective, increasing awareness of the sexual politics of language and style."
- "It is extensive, from classic works of nineteenth-century female authors such as George Eliot and Margaret Fuller to cutting-edge theoretical work in women's studies and gender studies by 'third-wave' authors."
- "Feminist literary criticism was concerned with women's authorship and the representation of women's condition within the literature, particularly the depiction of fictional female characters."
- "The views of women authors are often not considered to be universal."
- "Feminist criticism has been closely associated with the birth and growth of queer studies."
- "It seeks to understand both the literary portrayals and representation of both women and people in the queer community."
- "It expands the role of a variety of identities and analysis within feminist literary criticism."