Category: Feminist Literary Criticism

Critical Analysis of The Hunger Games For my critique, I will be looking at The Hunger Games (2012) through a Feminist Lens followed by a Marxist Lens. The Hunger Games is an intense action movie that was directed by Gary Ross and was written by Suzanne Collins and Billy Ray. The movies plot starts off…

Across a Hundred Mountains: Critical Essay Introduction “Across a Hundred Mountains” is a captivating novel by Reyna Grande that explores themes of migration, identity, and the pursuit of a better life. Published in 2006, the book follows the intertwining stories of two women, Juana and Adelina, as they embark on separate journeys from Mexico to…

A Woman’s Place in the Literary World Learned women make men nervous. This is prevalent in reality, and is thus mirrored in literature. The journey of women in the literary world has long been bruised by stereotypical portrayals, often prompted by the laughable lack of women authors in comparison to the predominance of men. The…

Feminist Criticism of Joanna Russ’s Short Story ‘When It Changed’ Whileaway, the perfect all-young lady in When It Changed supports girls with no sexual orientation limits. In their impeccable society, masculine and feminine work is performed evenly among the ladies, and additionally, Jonna Russ uses this point to show us more about the feminist criticism…

Feminist Criticism in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s ‘The Yellow Paper’ It was not at the moment The Yellow Wallpaper was written when it found an audience who could understand it. When Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote this piece of literature work in 1892, she had no idea that her short story would become a classic feminist literature.…

Key Concepts of Feminist Literary Criticism in Arundhati Roy’s Novel ‘The God of Small Things’ Feminist literary criticism is described as the interpretation of composing literature from a females angle. Feminist writers often refuse the norms of typical literature, and they rebel against the patriarchal point of view. Feminist writers approach their literature in an…

Maya Angelou and Her Feminist Literary Criticism in ‘Woman Work’ Maya Angelou is an African-American poet and actress. She is a world-famous author. She had a tough life. She was raped at a young age and faced racism in her childhood. These events affect her life later, and it is shown in her work. In…

Understanding Feminist Literary Criticism Feminist criticism is concerned with the manner in which women’s financial, political, social and psychological oppression is strengthened or undermined by literature (and other cultural productions). This theory school examines how elements of our culture are fundamentally patriarchal (male dominated) and aims at exposing misogyny (dislike/hatred of women) in writing about…

Essay on the Feminist Background of ‘The Story of an Hour’ and ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ There are always parallels when you compare two things, no matter how hard you try to differentiate them, since all things come from one place and spread. This happens to be the case with The Story of an Hour by…

Their Eyes Were Watching God: Feminist Aspects Janie Crawford is a captivating character in African-American literature and is studied as a symbol of strength, weakness, liberty, and restraint. Janie, the main character of Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Hurston, is a young African-American woman, desirous for more control of her life during a…