Scholarly Article
Women and the Canon. Are We Justified to Speak of a Female Literary Canon Nowadays?
Kirova, Milena
2016-05-10 · Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne · Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
Abstract
The paper is initiated by a brief outline of the development of women's literature in the ex-"East European" countries since 1989. Then it turns to feminist literary theory tracking two different periods of its reception by, and adaption to, literary criticism in post-communist academic research. The concepts of women's generations and women's literary canon, vital for the western tradition of gynocriticism, are closely analyzed in line with their relevance to present-day women's literature in post-communist culture. The paper ends with a presentation of a threefold model of the prospective to speak of women's literature imbedded in, or in counter stance to, the traditional literary canon.
Keywords
women's literature, women's literary canon, female writing, Bulgarian literature, alternative canon, feminist criticism
Citation Details
Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne, pp. 171-187