Feminist literary criticism
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
How to polish the "perfectly polished floor" and write about it, too : life, death, and the domestic aesthetic, or poemesticity, of Linda Pastan , 2012
Item — Call number MU Thesis Mon
Identifier: b5596206
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate English program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.Students become eligible to pursue the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree if they have obtained a Master of Arts...
Dates:
2012
The feminist gothic : an analysis of The Handmaid's Tale , 2018
Item — Call number MU Thesis Dib
Identifier: b7876913
Preface [excerpt]
Margaret Atwood's acclaimed novel The Handmaid's Tale has piqued the interest of many Americans, most recently due to its eerie anticipation of current politics. Since the main plot point of the text is the forced removal of women's rights, feminists today feel strongly about the subject matter. While the text is typically analyzed through a feminist lens and much has been written about the novel on points of oppression and women's rights, there is more to...
Dates:
2018
The historical foundations of the "good" mother versus the "bad" mother in a rhetorical enthymematic debate of what it means to "have it all" in the twenty-first century , 2013
Item — Call number MU Thesis Sea
Identifier: b7607917
Introduction [excerpt]
Feminist theorists have long been evaluating the representation of the mother, both in literature and in a cultural context, through media and other contemporary sources.... By drawing on insights from feminist theories and the rhetorical theory of the enthymeme, this essay will uncover the history and meaning of constructed gender roles pertaining to mothering, why we accept them as the norm, and will conclude by discussing how society can disengage from the dominant discourse and...
Dates:
2013
Waiting for the world to be made through folklore, food, and feminism : an analysis of Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God , 2020
Item — Call number MU Thesis Bal
Identifier: b7930294
Introduction [excerpt]
Zora Neale Hurston is a renowned author, folklorist, anthropologist, and a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. Hurston infused Southern vernacular and poetic expression to produce an unprecedented narrative voice.... I argue that Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God is a modern folktale intended to expose and reconstruct the repetitive paradigms of racial and gender ... inequality while creating a new consciousness of egalitarianism.
Dates:
2020