Definition This brings us to the definition of feminist literary criticism. ... Well, it can be stated as a criticism advocating equal rights for women in a political, economic, social, psychological, personal, and aesthetic sense. ... The object is to provide a critique of phallocentric assumptions and an analysis of patriarchal visions or ideologies inscribed in a literature that is male-centered and male-dominated. ... However, the relationship between feminist and gender criticism is, in fact, complex; the two approaches are certainly not polar opposites but, rather, exist along a contin...

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Through this analysis it addresses the intersections of oppressive systems without rank ordering toward effective strategies to promote social justice. ... To facilitate analysis one has to ask many questions in understanding race, class, gender, and Sexuality. ... Title for these materials is in the process of passing to the Pennsylvania State University Libraries. ... Burkes stated " throughout his entire history has dreamed of full presence, the reassuring foundation, the origin and the end of play". (# 4) The critical side of the analysis with the enveloping discourses; attempting to mar...

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Queer Theory ..6 Chapter 3: Homosexual Analysis of Main Character, Clarissa Dalloway ..8 3.1. ... Septimus as a Foil Character for Clarissa ..13 Chapter 4: Homosexual Analysis of other characters .16 4.1. ... Is it possible that the hatred Clarissa feels toward Doris is the result of her understanding of Doris homosexual desires for Elizabeth? ... Also a homosexual analysis on Doris Kilman and Elizabeth Dalloway would take place. 1.3. ... For the application of theory and homosexual analysis of characters, four main sources were used: 1. ...

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As defined by David Harvey in "A Brief History of Neoliberalism", neoliberalism is a "theory of political economic practices that proposes that human well-being can be best advanced by liberating individual entrepreneurial freedoms"(2). ... Calling this the "market-dominant minority"", Chua compliments Harvey's analysis of globalization raising cultural and class consequences through examples of rich ethnic minorities of countries like The Philippines, China, etc. that wield significant economic power over the ethnic majority. Saskia Sassen in her piece "Toward a Feminist Analytics of the...

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Her audiences" background in basic psychology is important because the proof of her argument is based mostly on psychological theories such as Freud's psychoanalysis, structuralism and semiotics. ... Because the article was published in 1993 in and anthology of film criticism called Film Theory Goes to the Movies, many of the original audience probably were readers interested in film. ... With a feminist bias she practically rages against Disney's version of the story stating, "The films depiction of the little mermaid as little more that a happy housewife in the making"(White, ...

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Freud never saw her again after that but in 1905, he published "Fragment of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria," better known as the case of Dora. ... This is known as psychoneurotic theory. ... He also developed the theory of transference, the process by which emotional attitudes, established originally toward parental figures in childhood, are transferred in later life to other. ... Here Freud analyzed many of his own dreams recorded in the 3-year period of his self-analysis, begun in 1897 ("Freud: Interpretation of Dreams"). ... Freud stated that sexuality was of importance...

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Many feminists, along with politicians, have taken a stance against pornography, but just as many have taken a different side, the anti-censorship stance. ... "What the state can do to a piece of paper, it can do to the human body- (Califia 1995:9-10). ... Pro-Censorship Andrea Dworkin and Catherine MacKinnon are two radical feminists who take a strong stand against pornography. ... They base their analysis on the idea that if something causes sexual arousal then it can be considered porn. ... Strossen points out that there are many artistic works that the MacDworkinite theory would see ...

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Although Louise remembers him as a kind and loving man, she sees him as the primary reason of why she was reduced to the state of a typical obedient housewife. ... But she felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her through the sounds, the scents, the color that filled the air... Analysis Feminist Approach (Gender Difference Theory) According to the Global Women Writers Terms Dictionary, feminist theory aims to create a deeper understanding of women's situation. Feminist theory begins with women's experience of oppression and argues that women's subordination extends ...

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In 12th-century Europe secular history writing emerged, shown in the work of Geoffroi de Villehardouin, and the chronicles of Jean, sire de Joinville, Jean Froissart, and Philippe de Comines in successive centuries. 8 Renaissance Historiography The humanism of the Renaissance revolutionized historiography, for it placed emphasis on textual criticism and on a critical attitude toward documents and sources. Men such as Petrarch, Lorenzo Valla, Marsilius of Padua, and Juan Luis Vives did much to produce a more critical attitude toward the past. ... It was continued by such men as Ernes...

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Changes in values and techniques brought about by Stanislavsky and some leaders of the popular feminist movement have shifted the direction of theatre. ... Sharon Pollock, one of Canada's great female playwrights and a strong leader of the popular feminist movement, is one example of a writer that breaks Aristotle's mold. ... The constant switch between the dream state and present reality can be compared to a chorus in that the characters in the dream sequences tell the stories of the events prior to the murders. ... Pollock was admittedly a member of the popular feminist movemen...

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As previously stated, different types of intelligence are applied to one gender or the other. ... Similarly, IQ tests measure the ability to understand complex concepts and analysis information. ... Wechsler tests, which are similar to the other intelligence tests previously stated, tests for specific information, generally incorporating common knowledge and basic education. ... In Kirby's study, he examined the implicit theories of intelligence by looking at parent's estimates of their own child's intelligence. ... Kirby concludes by stating that universally males are overes...

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The doctoral program in educational technology at Iowa State University is one example of this type of specialized program. ... Research was quantitative, it involved a research design (often control-experimental group or correlational), and it was done to support a particular theory (Willis, Jost, and Wright, 1999). ... We argue that there are three predominant research paradigms in the field today: (a) empiricism, (b) critical theory, and (c) interpretivism (see Guba & Lincoln, 1994, for a discussion of a similar framework). ... Although empirical-research reports are typically quantitativ...

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"Tina Conner sued the governor and the state Sept 18, 2002 alleging her and Gov. ... She alleged she got preferential treatment for a nursing home and other businesses she operated while the affair went on, but was treated harshly by state inspectors after she ended the relationship." ... The term "sexual harassment" was coined by feminists in the 1960s. ...

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In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the global feminist social movement worked to introduce this idea to the human rights community and by the early years of the 21st century, succeeded in establishing the right to protection from gender violence as a core dimension of women's human rights. ... In the late 1980s and early 1990s, feminist movements in Europe, the United States, Australia (Silard 1994), Argentina (Oller 1994), Brazil (Thomas 1994), India (Bush 1992), the Virgin Islands (Morrow 1994) and many other parts of the world developed strategies to protect women from violence in th...

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In 1926, the New York Times published a review of "The Sun Also Rises", stating that Hemingway's writing was so compelling, so lasting in the American psyche that "No amount of analysis can convey the quality of "The Sun Also Rises." ... (Marital) This too is a suggestion of the mastery of the English language demonstrated in the works of Ernest Hemingway: the ability to say things without actually stating them, the power of the unspoken word. ... (Fishkin 140-141) It was not just an attention to detail and a talent for brevity that Hemingway learned from his time as a newspaper man, it ...

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