This page intentionally left blank A HISTORY OF FEMINIST LITERARY CRITICISM Feminism has transformed the academic study of literature‚ fundamentally altering the canon of what is taught and setting new agendas for literary analysis. In this authoritative history of feminist literary criticism‚ leading scholars chart the development of the practice from the Middle Ages to the present. The first section of the book explores protofeminist thought from the Middle Ages onwards‚ and analyses the
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the excerpt from An American Childhood by Annie Dillard‚ the reader receives an intimate passage written from a daughter’s point of view of her eccentric mother. Through a unique string of constructive anecdotes and a warm‚ lighthearted tone‚ Dillard develops her readers understanding of the qualities she sees in her mother and her positive outlook on those qualities. Though a single quality is not explicit‚ the passage provides implicit evidence of her mother’s wit‚ commendable sense of humor and
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sun is high Heaven has turned out to be This side of the sky There’s another way of thinking I believe in love I believe life should be lived before it’s over On this golden summer evening River flowing by Maybe heavens always been This side of the sky Never seen a place so peaceful Like a fairy-tale With no sign of any dragons in the forest I’m not used to being happy Makes me want to cry Never knew all this was waiting this side of the sky There’s another way of living
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of being a victim of problems. The way she copes is allowing herself to be easily influenced by her father‚ manipulated by Petruchio. The possibility of a mental illness hinders her to be submissive when women shouldn’t be submissive to their husbands. Katherine from the play The Taming of The Shrew is embodying all of the traits of a feminist but consequently in the play the traits of being a feminist aren’t important anymore. The speech at the end is the illustration of a mentally ill woman so
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These women were silenced because the high demands to maintain decency and the consequences of not doing so were all made by men‚ shutting out the women’s opinion. When Reverend Parris becomes suspicious of his niece’s affair with John Proctor‚ he says to her‚ “I have given you a home‚ child‚ I have put clothes upon your back-- now give me an upright answer. Your name in town-- it is entirely white‚ is it not?” (Miller 12). Being so concerned in this matter proves that Parris is challenging
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In his academy award winning movie‚ The Blind Side‚ released in 2009‚ John Lee Hancock‚ an award winning director and author‚ illustrates the relevant racism against African American in modern society shown through the non-fiction narrative of Leigh Anne Tuohy‚ a woman who encounters a young African American boy that only has two personal belongings‚ an extra shirt and pants. Hancock develops his illustration by retelling the story Ferdinand the Bull through Michael Oher’s character as well as developing
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Throughout Annie Dillard’s "Terwilliger Bunts One"‚ she expresses many feelings and emotions towards her mother. Her mother‚ a bit of a "prankster‚" is constantly testing the wits of her peers using the intelligence of her own. Her husband‚ guests of the home‚ even complete strangers would lose their composure over these pranks which resulted in many hard feelings towards Dillard’s mother. "Pam!" "Dammit‚ Pam!" "What ails such people?" "What on earth possesses them?" Those are the words of anger
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John L. Hancock’s film titled The Blind Side depicts a struggle of a homeless boy becoming an All-American football player in a dense white society. Depicting the challenges that a kid had to face before he became the famous player. Michael Oher‚ (the main character) had more obstacles in his life than any other person from the Tuohy family had ever faced. Even with all of those challenges he had faced‚ the determination leads Michael to change his life for the better. Even though Michael had an
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disbelief‚ or even awe. That is what happened to the author of “Total Eclipse”‚ Annie Dillard. In the first paragraph‚ Dillard talks of the “Indigo” sky‚ and how it was “a color never seen”. She talks about the deep‚ saturated indigo that was up in the air. She describes it as an out of this world experience. She is shocked by the colors in the sky‚ and she talks about how the world is wrong. This is a great representation of her awe of the solar eclipse‚ it looks like it’s not even
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proudly shown as a hero in her acts of hiding and helping soldiers cross the Pyrenees mountains to Spain. Vianne’s power is illustrated in her aid of preventing jewish children from entering concentration camps. She keeps her head high even though her husband‚ Antoine‚ is in a war prison. These two women continue to show their bravery and power by defending their country and
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