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<Feminist theory>:
What are traditional gender roles?
Men: “rational, strong, protective, and decisive”
Women: “emotional (irrational), weak, nurturing and submissive”

What are traditional gender roles?
Men: “rational, strong, protective, and decisive”
Women: “emotional (irrational), weak, nurturing and submissive”

Gender studies： * Feminist theory * Patriarchy * Male role * Female role
（Patriarchy is a system of social organization that traces descent through the male line and bestows privilege and power to males on the assumption of their physical and intellectual superiority over women.） * Purpose of feminist analysis: * A writer of a feminist analysis intends to closely examine how male dominance and female powerlessness manifest themselves in specific aspects of society through a text.
Format of Feminist Analysis * General tension and thesis： * Tension will stem from some aspect of patriarchy in the text * Thesis: what is author saying about tension? * Resolve/lack of resolve? Character transgress/submit? * Body: Integrate feminist theory with literary devices * Organize paragraphs by literary device/chronology/order of thesis * Weave in feminist theory as you go along, defining terms as you delve into each device. * Use feminist jargon appropriately and in context * Conclusion
<Marxism>:
Gender studies： Marxist Literary Theory： * Focuses on the representation of class distinctions and class conflict in literature * Focuses more on social and political elements than artistic and visual (aesthetic) elements of a text
Key Terms: Proletariat；Bourgeoisie；Capitalism；Materialism; Classism
Commodification
Format of Marxism Analysis * General tension and thesis： * Expose class conflict