Question

Explain the term gynocritics and give two examples ​

Answer 1

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Examples: The term is not widely used today, but the two key examples of gynocriticism, namely Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar's The Madwoman in the Attic (1979) and Elaine Showalter's A Literature of their Own (1977), are still read today, so the practice of gynocriticism, if not the word, is very much alive.

Answer 2

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Gynocriticism or gynocritics is the term coined in the seventies by Elaine Showalter to describe a new literary project intended to construct "a female framework for the analysis of women's literature. The term is not widely used today, but the two key examples of gynocriticism, namely Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar's The Madwoman in the Attic (1979) and Elaine Showalter's A Literature of their Own (1977), are still read today, so the practice of gynocriticism, if not the word, is very much alive.