Appendix A: The World Of Feminist Criticism

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After reading "Appendix A: The World of Literary Criticism", n pg. APP A-1 to A-11. I select for my critical literary investigative work is feminist criticism and gender studies. The story I chose was the yellow wallpaper written by Charlotte Perking Gilliam's. Because I believe that the story I chose is in line with the feminist literary criticism. According to "Appendix A: The World of Literary Criticism" on pg. APP A-8 the feminist criticism developed in three main goals. The first is to recover the work of the women writers from the past. The second are to provide a context for the creation and interpretation of new writing by women. The last main goals for feminist criticism are to critique the representation of woman in the literature

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