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Critical Positions or Perspectives
Feminist perspective
 You believe that ‘feminine’ and ‘masculine’ are ideas constructed by our culture,
and it is important to be aware of this when reading texts from periods and
cultures different from our own
 You focus on what the text shows of the power struggle between women and
patriarchal forces of repression and control
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 You want to read about women’s experiences and explore how female writers
interpret and use literary and linguistic traditions differently to men
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You like to analyse the stereotyping of female characters
according to male fantasy
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Moral perspective
 For you, literature is nothing unless it teaches its reader something and helps them
become better people
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It’s
important to consider the themes in the text, to understand its moral purpose
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You focus on the idea that the subconscious is a powerful
motivator of human emotion and action
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 You are interested in the ideas of Freud (1856-1939): sexuality, repressed or
otherwise, lies at the root of human behaviour; the self is psychologically divided
in that the mind is in constant conflict with itself (the ‘id’-the appetite-driven,
emotional, impulsive aspect of self which is ruled by the ‘pleasure principle’:
the ‘ego’-the conscious sense of self, ‘reality principle’ which suppresses the id’s
urges: the ‘super ego’-the sense of morality or conscience which uses guilt and
self-reproach as its means of enforcement of rules/codes
A Marxist perspective
Karl Marx (1818-1883) “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of
class struggles”: from ‘The Communist Manifesto’ 1848
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His ideas were influential to workers’
movements after his death rather than during his life-time
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You believe it is
the individual’s social context which determines his/her psychology
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You focus on the historical point at which the text written, with emphasis on the
class struggle
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You are also interested in how the plot, setting, characters etc may reflect the idea
of class-division, social injustice, resistance or revolution
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" - Lavinia Greenlaw
PUGH
"…a poet capable of dealing with difficult themes, intent on restoring threads of
language where they have unravelled…"
Gerard Woodward, Poetry Review
"…all of the poems are carefully constructed and each makes its point with
economy and power…"
Vernon Scannell, Daily Telegraph
"…The perspective is challenging, mischievous, perverse even
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Rhys Williams, New Welsh Review



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