Question

What is the interpretive strategy of feminist criticism?

Answer 1

Feminist criticism is a kind of literary criticism that has been formed due to the feminist theories. In the broader sense, it has arisen due to the politics based on feminism. This kind of criticism uses the feminist principles and ideologies to criticise the language of literature.

The feminist literary critics are interested and motivated to ask questions about the literature and the literary criticism which have been the basis to women’s struggle for autonomy.

The study of the literary traditions led to feminist criticism, which challenged the concept of literary studies as it was taught and conceived.

The interpretative strategies of criticism were understood as the products of a culture and were not universal truths. So, the assumptions about the literary historical periods and the respective genres were re-examined.