A Criticism Of Women Themselves-A Study Of Elaine Showalter's Theory Of Female Literary Criticism

Elaine Showalter is one of the famous feminist critics of the United States and one of the founders of American feminist criticism.Her feminist criticism theory has a significant impact on British and America female literary criticism,and provides a feasible method for the establishment of the history of American women's literature and the direction of women's liberation movement.This article mainly explains her theory and viewpoint from three aspects.:The first chapter is to sort out the literary history view summarized by Showalter.It includes female subculture,female tradition,female literature history,and Showalter's discrete female writers in the history of analytical literature.It summarizes the most important process of female self-consciousness development in its literary history.The second chapter reviews the theory of female criticism constructed by Showalter.Combing the double dilemma of female creation,double discourse,and establish female center criticism.and also includes Showalter's criticism of female aesthetics and the creation of bi-sexual conception.The appearance extends to the use of female centers to criticize the study of crazy women and explore the development of literary criticism.The third chapter discusses the influence of Showalter's female literary criticism,discusses the influence and attack of her theory in the West,and expounds the influence of its theory on Chinese female criticism.Reflecting the unique bridge role of its theory.All in all,this article will review her works and papers,analyze and summarize the history of women's literature and the construction of women's literary criticism,comprehensively study the charm of Showalter's theory,understand Western feminism for Chinese women scholars,and promote the exchange of Chinese and Western cultures.It provides exciting ideas for promoting the development of feminism in China.