I AM
AMYEM
English Major, lifelong learner, impractical perfectionist.
Painting: Iris Fields - Paul Chester
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Painting: Iris Fields - Paul Chester
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I am from the bones of my parents The process of their love And from the unfair responsibility Of the oldest raising the youngest I am from playing outside until twilight Where curfew was the streetlamps and Crowns were made of twigs and braided blades of grass I am from the disconnect of childhood and adulthood Where third grade was a challenge And Meg started college
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Feminism and feminist writing have been around for hundreds of years with writings from Mary Wollstonecraft in 1792 to Virginia Woolf’s published work of A Room of One’s Own in 1929. However, the largest and lasting movement of feminism began in the 1960s and begat the product of today’s feminist literary criticism (Barry 116). Literary criticism concerned itself with many things, among them being examining representations of women in literature by both men and women, challenging representations of women as ‘other’ or part of ‘nature’, and examining the effects of language in making what is social seem natural, as well as Écriture féminine – the idea that there is a uniquely feminine way of writing. Using this lens, one can look at nearly any piece of literature and evaluate the representations of the multifaceted roles of sex and gender in a work. While feminist literary criticism is a facet of the overarching movement of today’s feminism, it still plays an important role in influencing and changing modern beliefs and actions. The key to feminist literary criticism is not just simply pointing out that they exist, but explaining its significance and impact.
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