Vrednovanјe ženskog stvaralaštva i kritičkog doprinosa žena u nauci o književnosti
Evaluation of Women’s Writing and Criticism in Literary Studies Today

Author(s): Vladislava Gordić Petković
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Keywords: women’s literature; value; literary canon; evaluation; literary studies
Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the categorization of female literary tradition within the history of Serbian literary criticism, in which the most prominent position is either taken by or atributed to Isidora Sekulić. The evaluation of her contribution to Serbian literary canon is often reduced to celebrating her unique taste and style, which are unjustly constructed as inherently feminine. The term “literary canon” refers to literary works that are considered the most important of a particular time, period or place. The addition of women writers to the canon implies they should meet the standards generally applied to male authors, but feminists criticized such concept, suggesting alternative readings of canonical texts or even developing a counter-canon. Since Elaine Showalter offered a new perspective of women’s literary history with the term “gynocriticism”, the new critical practice has explored the creativity of women with an ambition to fight against the shortcomings of the male-oriented literary canon. Wishing to reshape Anglophone literary heritage, Showalter focuses on marginalized and neglected women writers, and advocates the intention to study the production of women’s writing in relation to female experience and gender roles.

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