Towards a Feminist Poetics by Elaine Showalter| explained in Tamil|

1. Status of Feminist Criticism in 1970’s 2. Woman as Reader (Feminist Critic) 3. Woman as Writer (Gynocritics) 4. The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy: Problem in feminist Critique. 5. Gynocritics: Contrast to feminist Critique. 6.  Prominent Feminist critics in Gynocriticism 7. Importance of a female tradition and women's experiences 8. Feminine, Feminist and Female stages