1. Feminisms and Feminist Literary Criticism: Definition
1) 문학작품 속에 반영된 가부장제적 문화, 성차에 의한 세력 불균형
" 내 자신은 여성주의가 무엇인지 정확하게 알아낼 수 없었다. 나는 내가 나와 신 흙털개나 창녀를 구별하는 소감을 피력할 때마다 다른 사람들이 나를 여성주의자라고 부른다는 것을
Politeness principle,
Like Cooperative principle
Lakoff suggests,
Don’t impose
Give options
Make your receiver feel good
No immediate practical purpose
may be taken or left as the receiver wishes
There is no burden!
But,
literary texts
take up a great deal of time
⇒ burdensome!
Both keep and break the maxim,
‘Don’t impose
What makes Shakespeare the Great Literary Work?
His work contains universal values as well as social reflection of the time.
Emotions or phenomenon comes from environment or situations
> Apply to the Brave New World
John Dryden (9 Aug 1631 – 30 April 1700), nicknamed Town-Bayes, an influential English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England.
Born in the village rectory of Aldwincle, Northamptonshire. The eldest of 14 children of Eramus Dryden and Mary Pickering – an Parliamentary supporting family with Puritan learnings.
In
Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen - (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817)
Romantic fiction
Landed gentry
Realism – biting irony & social commentary
Constant support from family
Epistolary novel
18th century ~ 19th century
Dependence of women on marriage to secure social standing & economic security
Austen’s works - Sense and Sensibility
1. Sense and Sensib