Literary Criticism

Sherry Simon's foundational work in feminist translation studies explores how gender shapes the practice of translation, arguing that translation is not a neutral act of transmission but a politically charged intervention in cultural meaning.

Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar's 1979 classic feminist literary criticism work deeply analyzes how nineteenth-century women writers found their voices within patriarchal literary traditions, establishing a foundation for feminist literary criticism.

Kate Millett's groundbreaking doctoral thesis turned manifesto, Sexual Politics, established patriarchy as a political institution and is considered one of the foundational texts of second-wave feminism and feminist literary criticism.