Literatura a feminismus

by Pam Morris, Renata Kamenická (Translator), Marian Siedloczek (Translator)

Anglická literární teoretička Pam Morrisová sleduje v zásadě dvě linie: první je literatura jako taková, kde se zabývá především rozborem ženských hrdinek v dílech psaných spisovateli-muži a jejich srovnáním s hrdinkami literatury psané ženami. Současně charakterizuje některé obecné rysy ženské literatury a fenomén ženské literatury ve vztahu k tradici a současnému kulturnímu kontextu. Druhou linii tvoří mapování teoretických proudů ve světovém myšlení zabývajícím se problémem feminismu. Z hlediska našeho prostředí jde o práci jednoznačně průkopnickou a o jednu ze základních příruček nejen pro studium daného tématu, ale i pro zájemce o filozofii nebo humanitní obory vůbec.

Genres: Feminism, Nonfiction, Theory, Criticism

232 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

Reviews

[sologdin · Rating 2 out of 5]

An introductory text, very much suitable for undergraduates.

Bifurcated into two parts: the first addresses what feminism means in literary study: reading ancient texts by alleged 'male' authors against the gendered grain, canon formation, recovering so-called 'female' voices. The second section involves specific feminist literary & linguistic theory: Cixous & Irgiaray, Kristeva, and so on. Some discussion by the bye of de Beauvoir, Sedgewick, Moi, Millett, et al. Doesn't quite get to Judith Butler. A final chapter kinda lumps red feminist theory in with critical race theorists and critiques of heteronormativity--an incipient intersectionality section, say.

Insists nevertheless on biological ‘sex’ as a significant category, an irreducible difference, as it were, of which I have in the meanwhile become extremely skeptical.

A decent survey overall.

[Petra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good introductory book to the connection between literature and feminism, although the second part gets a bit overwhelming.

The part about literature was interesting and I've learned lot of new things, about creating literal canon, male views in literature and lot of other things. On the other hand the second part about feminism was really too much for me. Pam Morris tries to show and explain various influences in feminism and literature, but it is really condensed and hard to follow. Especially the part about psychoanalysis and language, where without some understanding of linguistics and psychology, a reader might have serious problem. I have the understanding of linguistics, but not so much of psychology, so some of the terms and approaches confused me and various authors sort of blended together.

I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn about the connection between feminism and literature, but be prepared for some difficult parts. If you already know something about this topic, this book might be interesting, but a bit obvious for you.

[Aemilia · Rating 2 out of 5]

První část byla fajn, u druhé části jsem dostala chuť se zastřelit, takže nemohu hodnotit objektivně.

[Susana789 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Český preklad Brno Host 2000, jeden z klasických textov, kde odhaľuje niektoré praktiky kultúrneho a umeleckého sveta, ktorými boli ženy v literatúre (a kultúre) marginalizované - biologický esencializmus, "ženský pohľad", vytváranie literárneho kánonu a temín, ktorý si požičala - falická kritika.

[Zora · Rating 4 out of 5]

A textbook, basically, but a good one.