Feminism study questions, Theory of Literature
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A Room of One’s Own “Shakespeare’s sister” 1. From 1021, Woolf imagines the career of of Shakespeare's fictional sister, Judith. What happens to Judith, and why? How does Judith's fate show that "genius" is not above history and material circumstance? 2. What was granted to Shakespeare that would not have been granted to a sister with equal potential? “Chloe liked Olivia” 3. From 1023, Woolf invents "Mary Carmichael," a novelist. What criticisms does Woolf make of this fictional author? What is nonetheless promising, and even startling, about her work? “Androgyny” 4. From 1025, what, according to Woolf, did Coleridge mean by his term "androgyny"? Why is Shakespeare an excellent example of this quality? 5. From 1027-9, why is it "fatal" to write solely as a man or as a woman? Why, according to Woolf, is the modern (post-WWI) way of constantly theorizing about gender and gender relations misguided? 6. What exhortation does Woolf offer women in her audience from 1029? What does she suggest that women should do to make progress? Is Woolf offering this advice to "women in general," or is her advice offered to a more limited group than that? Explain. The Second Sex 1. What is "the myth of woman," as de Beauvoir articulates it from 1406? 2. To what use have male-oriented societies and individual males put this myth, especially as regards the alleged mysteriousness of women? See 1409 3. Why, according to de Beauvoir from 1410, is it futile to define "what one is"? In other words, what is misguided about making statements about one's supposed inner essence? What is in fact responsible for one person's seeming mysterious to another person? 4. According to de Beauvoir from 1413, what should relations between the sexes be like? 7. Does de Beauvoir seem hopeful about our achieving the kind of relations she believes would be best? The last page or so of the selection may provide some material here. Also, given that de Beauvoir wrote The Second Sex over half a century ago, would you say that there has been a significant improvement in the way men and women relate to one another? ...
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