The emancipation of women, James Joyce told one of his friends, has

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“The emancipation of women,” James Joyce told one of his friends, “has caused the greatest revolution in our time in the most important relationship there is—that between men and women.” Other modernists agreed: Virginia Woolf, claiming that in about 1910, “human character changed,” and, illustrating the new balance between the sexes, urged “Read the ‘Agamemnon,’ and see whether your sympathies are not almost entirely with Clytemnestra.” D. H. Lawrence wrote, “perhaps the deepest fight for 2,000 years and more, has been the fight for women’s independence.”

But if modernist writers considered women’s revolt against men’s domination one of their “greatest” and “deepest” themes, only recently—in perhaps the past 15 years—has literary criticism begun to catch up with it. Not that the images of sexual antagonism that abound in modern literature have gone unremarked; far from it. But what we are able to see in literary works depends on the perspectives we bring to them, and now that women—enough to make a difference—are reforming canons and interpreting literature, the landscapes of literary history and the features of individual books have begun to change.    1 
 1. Acording to the passage, women are changing literary criticism by

A. noting instances of hostility between men and women
B. seeing the literature from fresh points of view
C. studying the works of early 20th-century writers
D. reviewing books written by feminists
E. resisting masculine influence

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 2. The author quotes James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and D. H. Lawrence primarily in order to show that

A. these were feminist writers
B. although well-intentioned, they were ineffectual
C. before the 20th century there was little interest in women’s literature
D. modern literature is dependent on the women’s movement
E. the interest in feminist issues is not new

Sajjad1994 · Answer

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1. Acording to the passage, women are changing literary criticism by

Scan the passage looking for the key phrase “literary criticism.” You will find the phrase, and the answer to this question in lines 18–20  , and the sentences immediately following. Women are interpreting literature from their own perspective; thus, they are changing literary criticism by  seeing literature  from their own  fresh points of view.  
 
  Answer: B

Sajjad1994 · Answer

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2. The author quotes James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and D. H. Lawrence primarily in order to show that

The passage’s opening paragraph uses quotes from Joyce, Woolf, and Lawrence to establish the point that  the interest in feminist issues is not new.  Indeed, the passage states that Woolf claimed the shift took place early in the 20th century. 
 
  Answer: E

The emancipation of women, James Joyce told one of his friends, has

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