What characterized feminist thought during the 1970s and '80s?
297:
Explain: "Language is a realm of public discourse" (297).
Explain: "The structure of a language is phallocentric" (297).
What is semiotics? (See also 464-66)
How, according to Julia Kristeva, is feminine language "semiotic" (qtd.
in Murfin 297)?
298:
Explain: "'Feminine' language is more 'diffusive' than its 'masculine'
counterpart" (298).
299:
What distinguishes French and American feminist critics?
300:
How do British feminists distinguish themselves from their American
counterparts?
301:
Explain: "The universalizing and 'essentializing' tendencies in
both American practice and French theory disguise women's oppression by
highlighting sexual difference, suggesting that a dominant system is impervious
to political change" (301).
How are contemporary feminist practitioners characterized?
302:
What, according to Murfin, is the goal of the new era of "feminisms"
(302)?
What is "'personal' or 'autobiographical' criticism" (302)? In
what way is it feminist?
303:
Explain: "Categories obscure similarities even as they help us
make distinctions" (303).
What is the doctrine of "separate spheres" (303)?
304:
What is "subjugated knowledge" (304)?
In what ways, according to Murfin, does Smith's essay exemplify feminist
criticism?
