jjjodes said:
Do you mean like the different intepretations?
We did a feminist analysis of When You Are Old, basically saying he demeans and threatens women and a New Criticsm for Wild Swans.
I dunno if that helps you at all
Feminist analysis? "Demeans and threatens women"?
What exactly does he threaten her with? He isn't saying "be my love or i'll kill you" he's saying I know you'll never love me, and I'm going to simply let you know how you've hurt me - that's all. The poem doesn't even have a threatening TONE - it's humble & melancholic.
Feminist: Oh, no, maud Gonne, don't marry the guy who has loved you all his life and worships the ground you work on! Marry the wifebeater & drunkard John MacBride! That's what a smart self-respecting woman would do! You go girl!
Read this, from
http://hschelp.wordpress.com/category/feminist-readings/ :
That aside,
feminist/marxist/whatever readings have nothing to do with what markers want. the HSC markers even mention in the Notes that students who concentrate on this are missing the entire point:
"The HSC examiners report last year said most students who answered the
King Lear question “referred to productions, readings and critical interpretations”. The most effective responses were those where students “presented a critical and personal engagement with the text”, established a clear argument and backed it up with “thoughtful reference” to the play.
The weaker responses, however, “provided a list of critical views and/or theories but had not engaged personally” in analysing these views."