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    This document defines gender criticism as examining how sexual identity influences literary works. It discusses the objectives of gender criticism as criticizing commonly held notions of gender. The document outlines the main approaches to gender criticism as masculinist, advocated by Robert Bly, and feminist, arguing for equality of both sexes. It notes that gender criticism arose in the 1960s during second-wave feminism and provides strategies for analyzing works from a gender perspective, such as considering the gender of authors and characters.

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    This document defines gender criticism as examining how sexual identity influences literary works. It discusses the objectives of gender criticism as criticizing commonly held notions of gender. The document outlines the main approaches to gender criticism as masculinist, advocated by Robert Bly, and feminist, arguing for equality of both sexes. It notes that gender criticism arose in the 1960s during second-wave feminism and provides strategies for analyzing works from a gender perspective, such as considering the gender of authors and characters.

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    This document defines gender criticism as examining how sexual identity influences literary works. It discusses the objectives of gender criticism as criticizing commonly held notions of gender. The document outlines the main approaches to gender criticism as masculinist, advocated by Robert Bly, and feminist, arguing for equality of both sexes. It notes that gender criticism arose in the 1960s during second-wave feminism and provides strategies for analyzing works from a gender perspective, such as considering the gender of authors and characters.

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    Gender

    Criticism
    Objectives

    01 Define what is Gender

    02 Explain what is Gender Criticism

    03 Purpose of Gender Criticism

    04 Approaches of Gender Criticism

    05 Historical Background of Gender Criticism

    06 Strategies for Gender Criticism

    07 Some literary works involved in Gender Criticism


    01
    What is Gender Criticism
    Gender
    - state of being a man
    (masculine) and woman (feminine)
    02
    Explain what is
    Gender Criticism
    Gender Criticism
    - examines how sexual
    identity influences the creation
    and reception of literary works
    03
    Purpose of Gender
    Criticism
    Purpose of Gender Criticism
    - To criticize gender as we
    commonly conceive it.
    04
    Approaches of
    Gender Criticism
    Approaches of Gender Criticism
    ▸ Masculinist
    - recently advocated by poet Robert Bly
    - an ideology of masculinity; and ideology
    opposed to, or opposed by feminism.
    Approaches of Gender Criticism
    ▸ Feminist
    -a social theory or political movement
    arguing that legal and social restrictions on
    females must be removed in order to bring
    about equality of both sexes in all aspects of
    public and private life
    05
    Historical Background of
    Gender Criticism
    Historical Backgorund

    In 1960's, the gender criticism approach began


    when feminist criticism arose.
    06
    Strategies for Gender
    Criticism
    Strategies for Gender Criticism
    1. Consider the gender of the writer, what
    role does gender play in his work?
    2. Examine whether the reading of the work
    may be altered by the changes in gender
    roles over time.
    Strategies for Gender Criticism
    3. Observe how gender stereotypes might be
    reinforced or undermined.
    4. Consider the gender of the characters, and
    what role gender plays in this work?
    Strategies for Gender Criticism
    5. How is the relationship between men and
    women depicted?
    6. How does the treatment of gender in the
    work reflect the work's meaning?
    07
    Some literary works involved in
    Gender Criticism
    Some literary works involved in
    Gender Criticism
    Dick and Jane Books
    Some literary works involved in
    Gender Criticism
    William Shakespeare

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