LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Women

Paper · Semantic Scholar

Comic books have traditionally relied upon trauma as a central mechanism for constructing heroic identities. While personal loss frequently motivates both male and female characters, feminist critics have argued that women are disproportionately subjected to violence, death, and psychological suffering primarily to facilitate the emotional development of male protagonists. This narrative pattern was famously identif…

Reference · Wikidata

female adult human

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

A woman is an adult female human. Before adulthood, a female child or adolescent is referred to as a girl.

Book · DOAB

Regardant les questions de témoignage, de confession, de traumatisme, de sexualité et de violence dans les œuvres (semi-)autobiographiques, ce livre explore la co-construction d’identités personnelles et collectives par des femmes écrivains à l’ère des médias et de l’autoreprésentation. À une époque où la littérature française est souvent accusée d'être égocentrique et trop narcissique, Mercédès Baillargeon avance q…

Image · DPLA

Issue 41.5 of the Review for Religious, September/October 1982.