Feminist Criticism

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According to the Bedford Glossary feminist criticism is...

A type of literary criticism that became a dominant force in Western literary studies in the late 1970s, when feminist theory more broadly conceived was applied to linguistic and literary matters. Since the early 1980s, feminist literary criticism has developed and diversified in a number of ways and is now characterized by a global perspective. It is nonetheless important to understand differences among interests and assumptions of French, British, and North American feminist critics writing during the 1970s and early 1980s, given the extent to which their works shaped the evolution of contemporary feminist critical discourse.

For more information please consult pages 158-164 of the second edition of The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms

VirtuaLit's longer definition of femisnist criticism

Mournfulbliss 11:02, 21 February 2007 (EST)