The feminist reader should identify with female characters and their concerns. ... (i) "Feminist critique," - examining how women characters are portrayed, exposing the patriarchal ideology implicit in the so-called classics, and demonstrating that attitudes and traditions reinforcing systematic masculine dominance are inscribed in the literary canon. ... Critical Strategies Feminist Criticism functions to facilitate the awakening of human consciousness to the gender-delimiting elements of human experience that are often dramatized in literature. ... The Socio-Political Approach of what is ...

• Word Count: 1975
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate