YEAR 11 ENGLISH EXTENSION Boundaries and Transgression These texts explore the position of women in modern post-colonial settings where they are influenced by both traditional and ‘modern’ values which often results in various forms of oppression and abuse. How do the authors’ explore these issues? Boundaries and transgression relates to the pervasive limitations and rules imposed through a system of social conformity and the oppressive restrictions that those social parameters impress upon
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Transilvania University of Brașov Faculty of Letters MA Study Programme Anglo – American Culture and Discourse Different feminist theories and the “new feminism ” wave MA student: Marc Adriana 2 nd year – R.F. 2014 – 2015 In the last decades of the 20th century‚ the Western world became more and more concerned with issues of ethnic‚ social‚ political and
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society. Feminist Literary Criticism rejects patriarchal norms in literature that privileges masculine ways of thinking and marginalizes women politically‚ economically and psychologically. Key words: Women‚ feminist literary criticism‚ novel‚ patriarchy‚ literature. INTRODUCTION ‘As a social movement‚ feminist criticism highlights the various ways women in particular have been oppressed‚ suppressed and repressed…’ (Bressler 185) One of the most potent aspects of feminist literary criticism
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INTRODUCTION There was once a saying that girls were made from sugar‚ spice‚ and everything nice; however‚ today’s female youth would hardly fit that description in accordance with the views of law enforcement agencies‚ politicians‚ community members‚ and the media. According to these sources‚ the female youth is made of aggression‚ violent behaviour‚ and sexual indecencies that would explain the reason for the increasing conflict the female youth is having with the justice system. Female youth
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wanted to fight for their rights and wanted to gain power‚ but when growing they excluded large groups of women making them unable to break the sexist system because they were doing it within their own group. They needed to learn that patriarchy cannot fight patriarchy. In the "S.C.U.M. Manifesto" by Valerie Solanas was a work critisizing the male population. Solanas said that S.C.U.M. was not a
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not take into account the considerable social change which has taken place in the 19th and 20th century which has contributed to the feminisation of the workplace and women are more likely to be paid more than men. Radical feminists argue that patriarchy is the supreme cause of gender equality. Radical feminists say that all
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Othello describes himself as "one that loved not wisely‚ but too well‚" which infers that his love is so intense‚ passionate and fulfilling that he has a dramatic weakness for making mistakes. Othello is a man of action‚ often makes quick and irrational decisions‚ enters his loving relationship under false pretences and has his own conflicting identities as well as being self-deluded‚ which ensures that he is judged as "one that loved not wisely‚ but too well."Othello is a man of action and as a
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Lilac represents the black woman that chooses to follow the guidelines of the patriarchy traditionally seen in the Black community. I payed extra attention to capture moments in which Lilac was voiceless‚ literally and figuratively. This can be seen in “Thirsty Uproots A Lilac” and “Healing God’s Bruises.” Madea was written after an
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that they need to remain clean and pure leaders. Rather than the men learn to control themselves and behave appropriately‚ it is apparently a duty placed on women to make men better. This just an indirect way of scapegoating women for an issue that is clearly the man’s own responsibility. Men being given higher status in society is much too common‚ and it can be seen in how women were referred to in this time period: “while the women whom they married and who accompanied them‚ are generally referred
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The Color Purple‚ written by Alice Walker‚ is a novel that challenges the roles made for women in a patriarchal society. Throughout Walker’s novel‚ the strong-willed female characters create a bond to protest male dominance. Ultimately‚ they become independent and powerful without the baneful men that degrade them. Through this bond of sisterhood‚ these female characters challenge social norms‚ and stand strong against violent male paramount. When these characters bend and break social norms and
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