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  📚 Elaine Showalter – Important Literary Critic Elaine Showalter is a leading figure in Feminist Literary Criticism . Her most important contribution is the concept of Gynocriticism — the study of women as writers and the female literary tradition . 🔹 Three Phases of Women’s Writing: Feminine Phase (1840–1880): Imitation of the dominant male tradition. Feminist Phase (1880–1920): Protest against male-dominated society. Female Phase (1920 onwards): Search for an independent female identity and literary tradition. 📖 Important Works: • A Literature of Their Own (1977) • Towards a Feminist Poetics (1979) • The Female Malady (1985) • A Jury of Her Peers (2009) ⭐ Key Term: Gynocriticism = Woman as Writer 🎯 Exam Tip: Remember the sequence — Feminine → Feminist → Female . 📚 ELAINE SHOWALTER – FEMINIST LITERARY CRITICISM Elaine Showalter is one of the most influential figures in American feminist literary criticism . Her work focuses on women’s representation ...