Gender and Literature: A Systems StudyUniversity Press of America, 2001 - 396 pages Gender and Literature: A Systems Study addresses the notion of gender as a "social construct," and presents evolutionary reasons for human psycho-behavioral differentiation along the lines of sexual dimorphism of the reproductive and the related functions, which produce the main genders of femininity and masculinity, corresponding roughly with the functions of procreation and competition, respectively. These two gender-oriented poles of human behavior are intermingled in the individual mind to produce a mixture of gender traits that underlie personality and behavior. A statistical model of the overlap of the masculine and feminine traits generates eight specific gender types: the feminine woman, the womanly women, the womanly man, the androgynous man, the androgynous woman, the manly man, the manly woman, and the masculine man. Characteristics of each type are offered together with examples from a wide range of literary texts. |
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... Thou shalt not choose but go " ( 4.1.56 ) . Mesmerized by his sudden " flood of fortune , " Sebastian accepts without as much as a question the unexpected reward earned for him by Viola , yielding passively before the erotic conquest of ...
... Thou shalt not choose but go " ( 4.1.56 ) . Mesmerized by his sudden " flood of fortune , " Sebastian accepts without as much as a question the unexpected reward earned for him by Viola , yielding passively before the erotic conquest of ...
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... thou afeard To be the same in thine own act and valor , / As thou art in desire ? " ( 1.7.39-41 ) . As a woman more manly in character than her husband , she raises the standard of manliness above static concern for honor and reputation ...
... thou afeard To be the same in thine own act and valor , / As thou art in desire ? " ( 1.7.39-41 ) . As a woman more manly in character than her husband , she raises the standard of manliness above static concern for honor and reputation ...
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... Thou shalt get kings , though thou be none : So all hail , Macbeth and Banquo ! Banquo and Macbeth , all hail ! ( 1.3.65-9 ) Where Macbeth and Banquo differ is in their individual reactions to the prophesies , and these reflect their ...
... Thou shalt get kings , though thou be none : So all hail , Macbeth and Banquo ! Banquo and Macbeth , all hail ! ( 1.3.65-9 ) Where Macbeth and Banquo differ is in their individual reactions to the prophesies , and these reflect their ...
Contents
The Psyche Its Structure | 35 |
Psyche | 42 |
Phylogenetic Memory | 53 |
Copyright | |
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