What do Feminist critics do?

Rediscover texts written by womenRevalue women’s experiencesExamine representations of women in literature by both men and womenChallenge stereotypical representations of womenExamine power relations with a view to breaking them down and showing the extent of patriarchyRecognise the role of language in making what is social and constructed seem ‘natural’Raise question of whether men and women are different because of biology or whether they are socially constructed as differentExplore the question of a possible female language and if men also have access to thisMake clear the ideological base o supposedly ‘neutral’ or ‘mainstream’ literary interpretations

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