Journal article
Teaching Note: When a "Feminist Approach" Is Too Narrow
Feminist teacher, Vol.21(2)
01 Jan 2011
Abstract
For feminist literary critics and teachers writing about and teaching literature "after feminism," the path is potentially treacherous (Felski). As Rita Felski explains in her book Literature After Feminism, feminist literary critics have acquired a reputation for being "mean-spirited malcontents who know how to debunk and denounce," but do not know how to love and revere the texts they read, write about, and teach. The problem Felski sees with feminist literary critics and teachers is that their work often presupposes an artificial separation between art and politics. Here, Carroll examines Marguerite Duras's The Ravishing of Lol Stein and argues that Lol demonstrates what Sigmund Freud would call a "compulsion to repeat" and that she draws pleasure from re-experiencing the painful events of her past.
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- Title
- Teaching Note: When a "Feminist Approach" Is Too Narrow
- Creators
- Llana Carroll
- Publication Details
- Feminist teacher, Vol.21(2)
- Publisher
- Feminist Teacher Editorial Collective
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- English and Philosophy
- Identifiers
- 991021862263104721