Gharda Institute of Technology, Lavel, Ratnagiri Mumbai University, Maharashtra Abstract The term ‘Lesbian feminism’ is a cultural movement which was most influential in 1980’s era. Though it was a part of the concept ‘Feminism’, the effect of it was something unique in North American and Western Europe society. It was emerged due to the result of the dissatisfaction with ‘second wave feminism’. It advocated that lesbianism is the only form of emancipated sexuality since it excludes men and rejects
not writing that was only a masculine task. Mary Shelley’s most popular science fiction Frankenstein was first published anonymously. Mary Ann Evans used the pseudonym George Eliot to write her novels. Robert Southy had told Charlotte Bronte that “literature cannot be the business of women’s life and it ought not to be” (108) Thanks to the Feminist Movement of the twentieth century that metamorphosed the attitude and perception of the world. It provided a better understanding of women’s issues and rights
Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London sometimes between 1340 and 1344 to john Chaucer and Agnes Copton. His father was a wine merchant and deputy to the King’s butler. Chaucer is known as the Father of English literature and he is considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. According to tradition, Chaucer studied law at inner Temple. He achieved fame in his lifetime as a great author, poet, bureaucrat, astronomer, and a philosopher. Chaucer first appeared in public records in 1957 as
contrasted. “Modern Fiction” and “A Room for One’s Own” are regarded as modernists texts and share feminist themes but differ in terms of focus. Despite feminism already being present in English literature at the time these works were published, Woolf displays her modernist qualities by discussing feminism in an original manner. Her approach to feminism in these two works are critical in regards to the treatment of women writers. In “Modern Fiction”, Woolf shares her thoughts on writers from older generations
People are the wholesome of their experiences in life. The identity of any person is also the total some of different conscious and subconscious factors that constitute his being. Every individual has his own hopes and dreams that he aspires to realize. Of course, such hopes and dreams should be within the reality of his abilities, the social surrounding in which he lives and within the conventions and the social codes that govern his community. However, if such dreams and aspirations are otherwise
with “applied deconstruction.” Her fame began with the first translation and preface to Derrida’s Of Grammatology (1976) and this has made her apply deconstructive strategies to a range of theoretical writings and textual analyses that also includes feminism, Marxism, literary criticism and post colonialism. Can the Subaltern Speak?” is an essay that was first delivered in 1983. This well known treatise established Gayatri Spivak among the ranks of feminists who include history, geography, and class
Feminism: Throughout history, many movements have created huge controversies because they dared to criticise well-established norms or institutions whether at a social, political or religious scale. Feminism can be thought of as the typical example of an iconoclastic movement that aimed at instigating change. The controversy that surrounds feminism is mainly concerned with the fact that this feminists challenged the oldest rule to have ever existed, namely patriarchal dominion
From the outset, literature and all forms of art have been used to express their author’s feelings, opinions, ideas, and believes. Accordingly, many authors have resorted to their writing to express their feminist ideas, but first we must define what feminism is. According to the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, feminism is “the belief that women should be allowed the same rights, power, and opportunities as men and be treated in the same way, or the set of activities intended to achieve
uses various concepts in order to show its readers the search Alison Bechdel embarks upon in order to discover who she is. The online Oxford English Dictionary defines personal identity as, “the essential or intrinsic
Many people are against feminism because they claim to support families and think that feminists are against motherhood and families in general. This impression many people have of feminism, according to Elaine Tuttle Hansen, is “so ingrained . . . that in an anthology of writing from the women’s liberation movement . . . essays on ‘family’ are prefaced with this disclaimer: ‘We are not against love, against men and women living together, against having children. What we are against is the role women