EN 4113 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Guide: Androcentrism, Constant Contact, Bisclavret

• School: York University
• Department: English
• Course: EN 4113
• Professor: Concetta Principe

Document Summary

The readers of poetry are the writers of poetry for the elite class men. Women traditionally considered secondary citizens; women in 19th century as mothers did not interfere with intellectual work. Post-ww2 era, women establishing their position of equality with men; women only got the vote in the 20th century a very modern movement. Theory is what made this course possible; this course is a product of what was called the. Canon wars those who were influenced by the second wave of feminism. Feminist critical perspectives: theory as a method of re-defining what is worth reading. Feminist critical approaches that test the canon, notions of history and the influence of tradition. Three primary themes of feminist theory: (1) the politics of feminism, as well as class and race identity (2) essentialism sex vs social constructionism gender. The two schools of thinking tension with one another.