Towards Feminist Poetics: Introduction |Feminism| Elaine Showalter| Feminist Criticism
Towards Feminist Poetics is an essay written by Elaine Showalter, It was published in 1989 in the book "Speaking Gender". In this work, Elaine Showalter talks about Feminism as a theory. Showalter belongs to second-wave #feminism and also lived in the Third-wave feminism. Showalter attempts to write something that can give a new direction to the #FeministTheory. Showalter believed that despite many attempts by various feminists from #VirginiaWoolf onwards, Feminist Theory has failed to make groundbreaking progress. Reason for this being that there is no poetics for feminism. In this essay/chapter, Showalter talks about some key concepts like, "Women as a Reader" which is also called Feminist Critique, and "Women as a Writer" or Gynocriticism. She discusses in detail the subject matter of Women as a writer and Women as a reader, besides talking about three Phases of Feminism, #Feminine, Feminist, and #Female. In this Lecture, we will make a detailed analysis of Towards Feminist Poetics. This Lecture will be divided into various parts. You can click on the link below to view the Lectures in the playlist. Link to PlayList: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBKKiCCgM6IL5D0Liqcpmh_DrVIjtbSlt In this Lecture we will deal with, Introduction to Towards Feminist Poetics. What was the condition of Feminism in Showalter's times and What was the purpose of writing Towards Feminist Poetics? Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 02:21 Leon Edle's Story 06:38:16 Chapter Reasons for doubting Feminism 10:05:05 Chapter Purpose of writing Towards Feminist Poetics #Feminism #TowardsFeministCriticism #FeministTheory
Towards Feminist Poetics is an essay written by Elaine Showalter, It was published in 1989 in the book "Speaking Gender". In this work, Elaine Showalter talks about Feminism as a theory. Showalter belongs to second-wave #feminism and also lived in the Third-wave feminism. Showalter attempts to write something that can give a new direction to the #FeministTheory. Showalter believed that despite many attempts by various feminists from #VirginiaWoolf onwards, Feminist Theory has failed to make groundbreaking progress. Reason for this being that there is no poetics for feminism. In this essay/chapter, Showalter talks about some key concepts like, "Women as a Reader" which is also called Feminist Critique, and "Women as a Writer" or Gynocriticism. She discusses in detail the subject matter of Women as a writer and Women as a reader, besides talking about three Phases of Feminism, #Feminine, Feminist, and #Female. In this Lecture, we will make a detailed analysis of Towards Feminist Poetics. This Lecture will be divided into various parts. You can click on the link below to view the Lectures in the playlist. Link to PlayList: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBKKiCCgM6IL5D0Liqcpmh_DrVIjtbSlt In this Lecture we will deal with, Introduction to Towards Feminist Poetics. What was the condition of Feminism in Showalter's times and What was the purpose of writing Towards Feminist Poetics? Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 02:21 Leon Edle's Story 06:38:16 Chapter Reasons for doubting Feminism 10:05:05 Chapter Purpose of writing Towards Feminist Poetics #Feminism #TowardsFeministCriticism #FeministTheory