Disclaimer: I believe in equality. I do not hate women.
The other day in my English class we were going over a few works when my teacher, who is a genius, talks about "feminist" interpretations of various novels and poems. Seriously? Is this necessary? Examples are as follows:
"Meeting at Night"/"Parting at Morning" are two partner poems by Browning. Both are pretty good, "Meeting at Night" has some great imagery. But apparently these are sexist. Reference to the "world of men" is supposedly trying to insinuate that women are inferior.
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is one of the greatest novels ever. It is one of the precursors to the mainstream use psychology in novels. In fact, The Secret Sharer, also by Conrad, is one of the first novels to use the word psychology. But this masterpiece criticized for its characterization of women.
In the end I don't see the purpose of formulating these feminist interpretations when the pieces of literature were written long ago and are great no matter how you analyze them.
Discuss
The other day in my English class we were going over a few works when my teacher, who is a genius, talks about "feminist" interpretations of various novels and poems. Seriously? Is this necessary? Examples are as follows:
"Meeting at Night"/"Parting at Morning" are two partner poems by Browning. Both are pretty good, "Meeting at Night" has some great imagery. But apparently these are sexist. Reference to the "world of men" is supposedly trying to insinuate that women are inferior.
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is one of the greatest novels ever. It is one of the precursors to the mainstream use psychology in novels. In fact, The Secret Sharer, also by Conrad, is one of the first novels to use the word psychology. But this masterpiece criticized for its characterization of women.
In the end I don't see the purpose of formulating these feminist interpretations when the pieces of literature were written long ago and are great no matter how you analyze them.
Discuss
