Elaine Showalter divides feminist critique into two sections - a woman as reader and a woman as writer. As a reader, feminist critique changes our understanding of texts but can be male-oriented. As a writer, gynocritics describes analyzing works through a female framework based on women's experiences, free of patriarchal influences. Gynocritics aims to erase differences between male and female works. Showalter also outlines three phases of women's writing - the feminine phase of equality, the feminist phase of rejection, and the female phase of rejection from both imitation and protest. Overall, the document concludes Showalter's views on feminist poetics are intelligent and provocative.

1. “Towards A Feminist Poetics” - Elaine showalterPresented by,Pooja GandhiRoll no :- 09M.A.-I sem-II

2. Elaine showalter divided the essay in two sections:1)A Woman as Reader or Feminist Critique:- changes our apprehension of given text - covers historically grounded area - subject is about images of womanOne problem of Feminist critique:- It is male-orientated

3. 2) A Woman as Writer or Gynocritics:- description of gynocritics:“developing female framework……. ……woman’s experience.” Totally free from image of patriarchal society

4. Gynocritics is erase the difference between male and female Three Phases:1)The Feminine phase(1840-1880) -woman’s writing is equal to intellectual achievements.2)The Feminist phase(1880-1920)-women are enabled to reject the postures of femininity.3)The Female phase(1920- )-woman rejected from both imitation and protest

5. Conclusion:on the whole, we may conclude that her views on feminist poetics are intelligent,largely devoid of rhetorical extremities and confidently provocative.Thank you