Research Literature Review on Western Feminist Literary Criticism

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10.2991/icemaess-15.2016.219How to use a DOI?

Keywords

western feminist literary criticism; research literature review; development stage; basic theory; main classification

Abstract

Feminist literary criticism as a criticism schools, is marked by gender, widespread gender awareness and female consciousness is its fundamental characteristics. Western feminist literary criticism after decades of development, and achieved gratifying costs. The main content of this paper is divided into three aspects, the development stage, basic theory and main classification on western feminist literary criticism. Among them, the development stage summarized into three stages according to the characteristics; the basic theory mainly researches "female writing" theory from Helene Cixous and "female criticism" theory from Elaine Showalter; the main classification divided into five categories according to the research orientation. Through in-depth studies the literature related western feminist literary criticism and provides foundation for Chinese female literary criticism and writing research.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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