![]() ![]() But it’s important to be able to determine the feminist merits of literature because of the implications and social influence that literature can have. Frankly, it doesn’t matter whether or not we can bang a gavel and definitively call a piece of literature feminist. To start, I would like to point out that the feminist criticism of literature isn’t about playing the “Feminist or Not Feminist?” game. The real question, though, is if that silhouette’s messy hairdo is feminist. We want to talk about what makes a character, writer, or piece of writing feminist, and how the evolution of society impacts the way that we write about women in literature. ![]() ![]() So that’s why at the Adroit blog, we’re launching the Feminist Fridays series-and what better place to start than Jane Eyre feminism. I think it’s hard for any modern female writer not to wonder how literature has historically represented her gender. This week, I’m reading Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay (go pick it up-it’s awesome), so I’ve been thinking a lot about how feminism manifests itself in literature. ![]()
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