Women and the Canon. Are We Justified to Speak of a Female Literary Canon Nowadays?

• Authors: Milena Kirova
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

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

EN

women’s literature; women’s literary canon; female writing; Bulgarian literature; alternative canon; feminist criticism

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 11
• Pages: 171-187

Dates

published

2017-05-10

Contributors

author

Milena Kirova

• Sofia University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/pss.2016.11.12