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Critical reflection of the feminist and gender-oriented approaches to literature
Malcová, Markéta ; Málek, Petr (advisor) ; Heczková, Libuše (referee)
The purpose of this master's thesis is a critical reflection of those strands of Literary Theory which were inspired by Feminism and Gender Studies (Feminist Criticism, Gender Criticism, Gay/Lesbian Studies, Postfeminism, or possibly other theoretically closely related strands such as Etnic and Postcolonial Studies). The work aims not only to summarize the philosophical and theoretical bases that these movements share but also to critically think about their ideological and methodological shortcomings and limits, as well as gaps and stereotypes, primarily from the point of view of Literary Theory. The main focus of this work will be on the Anglophone world not only because it can be considered the source of most of these theories but also because it is there that these movements have reached a stage at which it is necessary to evaluate and re-evaluate their basic presumptions and key questions: which philosophies and cultural influences stand behind these movements, what is their relationship to marxism and neomarxism, how and why they became as popular as they are today and how do they influence the thinking about literature on Western European and American universities itself, be it as an academic discipline on the one hand or as political activism on the other. Secondarily this work also...
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