Feminist and Gender Criticism and Heart of Darkness

1996 ◽  
pp. 148-184
Author(s):  
Ross C. Murfin ◽  
Johanna M. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Heart Of Darkness ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Gender Criticism

scholarly journals Discovering Eden: Rain, Cats and Women in Hemingway’s Garden

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-72
Author(s):  
Ghufran Abd Hussein
Keyword(s):  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Women And Gender ◽  
Garden Of Eden ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Literary Traditions ◽  
Female Presence ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Gender Criticism

Abstract The publication of The Garden of Eden in 1986 opened the gates of Hemingway’s exegesis to gender criticism, the result being a re-evaluation of the female presence in a traditional literary work devoted to the literary traditions of the personality and adventurous life of the writer that challenged the previous four decades of critical appraisal that insisted on what Broer and Holland called “superficial or misguided interpretations of Hemingway’s treatment of women and gender”. Our essay demonstrates this new approach to Hemingway’s work, with examples from “Cat in the Rain” and The Garden of Eden.

Romanticism and Gender Criticism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan J. Wolfson
Keyword(s):  
Gender Difference ◽  
Feminist Criticism ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Literary Representation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Feminine ◽  
Romantic Era ◽  
Cross Dressing ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Gender Criticism

Gender criticism, an evolution from feminist criticism, studies representations of gender and gender difference in literary representation and, more broadly, in the ‘social text’, the languages and systems of representation in culture at large. Gender language is conspicuous in the binaries masculine and feminine, allied to manly, unmanly, effeminate, boyish, girlish, womanish, womanly, etc. It also involves the complications and challenges to these binaries by same-sex associations and intimacies, ‘queer’ configurations (unreadable by traditional measures), trans- or fluid figures, and performativity in all these aspects – including ventures in cross-dressing or cross-living, closeted or coterie-identifiable. In the Romantic era, gender criticism suggests that the sex/gender coordinates male/masculine and female/feminine are historically specific determinations, not inevitabilities. This essay focuses on dismantling critiques and attendant reinforcements. Critique often takes the form of satires of the ‘feminine’ qualities of delicacy, sentiment, soft-headedness, and dependence, ‘girls’ for life, even in a adult woman’s body; it also satirizes masculine swagger and presumption. It becomes interested in aberrant but not necessarily stigmatized variants – say, the rational woman and the man who respects such a woman, without being unmanned. Traditional understandings get put into question and into play, with critical implications.

scholarly journals ”In Memory of the Snow Queen” – Hans Christian Andersen Recalled and Retold

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-50
Author(s):  
Aldona Zańko
Keyword(s):  
Short Story ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Narrative Strategies ◽  
Innovative Strategies ◽  
American Writer ◽  
Hans Christian Andersen ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Gender Criticism

Abstract The main focus of the present paper is the so-called “intertextual revision”, explored as one of the most recent and innovative strategies employed while reviving the legacy of the Danish fairy-tale classic Hans Christian Andersen. In order to illustrate this practice, I discuss a short story entitled Travels with the Snow Queen (2001), by an American writer Kelly Link, which is a reworking of Andersen's worldfamous fairy tale The Snow Queen (1844). Link’s take on Andersen’s tale represents one of the leading directions within revisionary fairy-tale fiction, inspired by feminism and gender criticism. The analysis is centered around the narrative strategies employed by the author in order to challenge the gender logic incorporated into Andersen’s account, as well as the broader fairy-tale tradition it belongs to.

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 3-40
Author(s):  
Eden Wales Freedman
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
American Literature ◽  
African American Literature ◽  
Reception Studies ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Testimonial Literature ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Gender Criticism

The introduction explicates theories of dual-witnessing and Venn liminality and introduces the reader to the terminology the author developed to address readerly engagement of (African) American traumatic and testimonial literature. The introduction also explains how the author’s modes of reading trauma intersect with American literature, critical race theory, and gender criticism and unpacks what (and how) this Venn conversation contributes to the fields of trauma, race, gender, and reception studies and (African) American literature.

scholarly journals (Con)figuring gender in Bible translation: Cultural, translational and gender critical intersections

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Punt
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Gender Studies ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Bible Translation ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Biblical Translation ◽  
Critical Aspects ◽  
Gender Criticism

The gendered intersection of cultural studies and Bible translation is under acknowledged. Accounting for gender criticism in translation work requires, besides responsible theory and practice of translation, also attention to interwoven gender critical aspects. After a brief investigation of the intersections between biblical, translation and gender studies, translation in a few Pauline texts with bearing on gender and sexuality are investigated.

Queer Readings of the Prophets

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer J. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Queer Theory ◽  
Sexual Experience ◽  
Prophetic Literature ◽  
Negative Message ◽  
Female Embodiment ◽  
Biblical Texts ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Gender Criticism

This chapter provides an overview of queer readings, identifies how queer readings of biblical texts are indebted to queer theory, feminism, and gender criticism, and examines recurring themes and arguments in queer readings of the prophetic material. Building from this, this chapter’s queer reading reclaims female embodiment and sexuality by unearthing positive valences of the prophets’ use of the threshing floor euphemism and the sexual and metaphorical potential of gardens, vineyards, and moist land. This reading demonstrates how the euphemism of the threshing floor and the sexualized fertility imagery of the garden and vineyard in prophetic materials can undermine the overriding negative message in prophetic literature that emphasizes a pejorative attitude toward female sexual activity. The prophetic metaphors work against themselves and leave open the possibility of a queered and positive reading of female sexual experience.

Self-Compassion and Quality of Life in Adults Who Stutter

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 2097-2108
Author(s):  
Robyn L. Croft ◽  
Courtney T. Byrd
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
The Self ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
Adults Who Stutter ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this study was to identify levels of self-compassion in adults who do and do not stutter and to determine whether self-compassion predicts the impact of stuttering on quality of life in adults who stutter. Method Participants included 140 adults who do and do not stutter matched for age and gender. All participants completed the Self-Compassion Scale. Adults who stutter also completed the Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering. Data were analyzed for self-compassion differences between and within adults who do and do not stutter and to predict self-compassion on quality of life in adults who stutter. Results Adults who do and do not stutter exhibited no significant differences in total self-compassion, regardless of participant gender. A simple linear regression of the total self-compassion score and total Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering score showed a significant, negative linear relationship of self-compassion predicting the impact of stuttering on quality of life. Conclusions Data suggest that higher levels of self-kindness, mindfulness, and social connectedness (i.e., self-compassion) are related to reduced negative reactions to stuttering, an increased participation in daily communication situations, and an improved overall quality of life. Future research should replicate current findings and identify moderators of the self-compassion–quality of life relationship.

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