Oct 01 2014
Nina Baym & Caroline W. Bynum feminist Articles
- In her article, Baym gives us the historical background as to why women were not seen as excellent fictional writers. She argues that because at the time American literature was solely focused on how American the writing was, based on the American Myth, it was not expected for a woman to conform to this idea because of what the American myth entailed the content of the writing to be. And even if she was to write conforming to the American myth, it would be seen as “superfluous sexual specialization.” Baym had three partials that made up the whole reason as to why women were not recognized for their writings: simple bias, women have not written “excellent” works and literature happens to be essentially male. In my discussion, I will be talking about how these three parts actually intertwine with one another and how the American myth hinders women from writing what is seen as “excellent” writing.
- Bynum in her article argues that the diety of God the father (or mother) in Christian theology is actually a female. She also eludes to the idea that even Jesus and the Holy Spirit may be female too…Although I won’t be going too deep into this article, I will address it and input what I think about it.
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Women in Literature: It’s really hard to define what was perceive to be “excellent” writing back then because of the standards that men set in women’s writing. I feel like it was commonly believed that men were the creators of legitimate literature which made women writers self-conscious of their writing that they strive for professionalism rather than artistry.