Question

Which feminist concept is associated with Elaine Showalter’s work?

• A. Gender performativity
• B. Gynocriticism
• C. Intersectionality
• D. Queer theory

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Gynocriticism

Elaine Showalter is an American literary critic and feminist who is associated with the feminist concept of gynocriticism. Gynocriticism is a school of feminist criticism that studies women as writers and the literature they produce. 

• Showalter coined the term "gynocriticism" in the 1970s. 

• Gynocriticism is concerned with the history, themes, genres, and structures of women's literature. 

• It also studies the psychodynamics of female creativity and the evolution of female literary traditions. 

• Gynocriticism seeks to develop new models for literary analysis based on female experience. 

• Showalter's work influenced feminist literary criticism in the United States.