story that enable a resistant feminist reading to be applied with regards to the western or European characters of the Aunt and the intended. When analysing the way in which ‘the African Goddess’ is portrayed in the story however‚ one is able to contrast the way in which western females are presented and the way in which gender roles are portrayed in a primitive Africa. It is clear that a resistant feminist reading doesn’t apply to her but rather an alternative feminist reading suggesting women have
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(McCullough‚ p6). Many people engage in conversations that discuss various oppressions such as racism‚ sexism‚ heterosexism and classism‚ but rarely do we discuss how these oppressions interact with each other. In the Combahee River Collective’s “Black Feminist Statements” the women write about the importance of identifying connections among various kinds of oppression; “The most general statement of our politics at the present time would be that we are actively committed to struggling against racial‚ sexual
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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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Novels during the modern era take an approach towards past‚ present‚ and future concepts and beliefs‚ or rather simplified as literacy lenses. Many of these lenses have made great contributions towards literature for decades‚ and is owed to the great philosophers and teachers that brought birth them. Although the ideas from these lenses have been around for long periods of time‚ their meanings are still challenged to this day‚ and many of which do so by being deeply incorporated by authors into their
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Marx asserted that the key to understanding human culture and history was the struggle between the classes. He used the term class to refer to a group of people within society who share the same social and economic status (Marx K. and Engels F. 1945). According to Marx‚ class struggles have occurred in every form of society‚ no matter what its economic structure‚ or mode of production: slavery‚ feudalism‚ or capitalism. In each of these kinds of societies‚ a minority of people own or control the
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Socrates Socrates (470-399) was the son of a sculptor and a midwife‚ and served with distinction in the Athenian army during Athens’ clash with Sparta. He married‚ but had a tendency to fall in love with handsome young men‚ in particular a young soldier named Alcibiades. He was‚ by all accounts‚ short and stout‚ not given to good grooming‚ and a lover of wine and conversation. His famous student‚ Plato‚ called him “the wisest‚ and justest‚ and best of all men whom I have ever known” (Phaedo)
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Incarceron by Catherine Fisher tells the story of Finn‚ a prisoner in the inescapable prison of Incarceron. Determined to be free of the dank‚ dark‚ prison cells‚ he meets Claudia‚ the daughter of the warden of Incarceron‚ who lives in The Realm‚ a futuristic world where people are forced to act as if they lived in the 18th century. They work together‚ along with some help from his friends‚ to uncover the secrets of Incarceron‚ and foil the vile Queen Sia’s plans of domination. Finn: dauntless
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A. Goddesses and Home According to Katherine Sorrell‚ author of the book “Goddess at Home”‚ states that each goddess can add depth and meaning to the interiors and to your surroundings‚ even if you’re the only one who can decipher the significance hidden there. When the symbols take tangible and familiar form‚ they remind you a meaning every time you look at them. Look closely at each goddess and you’ll glimpse the connection of all living things. How to incorporate them into your rooms
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with the feminist scholars on the faculty of my university. As soon as I explained that I wanted to write about Medea came the assumption: of course‚ they said‚ you will be looking at the patriarchy as the issue in her behavior. And when I replied that indeed I was not going to be looking in that direction‚ but rather at Medea herself and at the meaning intrinsic to her acts and her story‚ interest in my work evaporated and they declined to serve on my committee. Though long a feminist myself‚ I
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In Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s ted talk titled “We Should All Be Feminists”‚ Adichie discusses the subject matter of what the word feminists means and how feminism still affects her life today. In one of the most important points of Adichie’s speech‚ she discusses how she was led to believe that being a feminist was a bad thing‚ and how boys are put on a higher pedestal than women from the many examples she gave‚ like how a boy in her primary school was given the position of class monitor‚ just for
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