What is gynocriticism in feminist literary theory?

Coined by Elaine Showalter, gynocriticism is a woman-centred critical approach focused on women as writers — studying the history, themes, genres, and structures of women's literature rather than critiquing male texts.

What is Judith Butler's theory of gender performativity?

Butler argues in Gender Trouble (1990) that gender is not an inner essence but is performatively constituted through the compulsory repetition of stylised acts and norms — there is no gender behind the performance.

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Feminist Literary Theory — UGC NET MCQs

25 past-paper pattern questions across all 5 UGC NET question types. Covers Wollstonecraft, Woolf, Beauvoir, Millett, Showalter, Gilbert & Gubar, Cixous, Butler, Kristeva, hooks, Crenshaw, Spivak.

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Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own (1929) argues that a woman who wishes to write fiction needs:

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