Feminist literary theories are an integral part of feminism. They are varied and the amount of work done or being carried out every day is insurmountable. There are scores of feminists with their won theories and ideas each influenced by the broader theories of the Marxists, Bourgeois, Freudians, Structuralists, etc. the importance of books in the development of the feminist movement is phenomenal, the feminist theory books play a significant role in this process. The literary theorists though contradict each other frequently, are all devoted to the cause of advancement of this movement.
The feminist literary theories mainly aim at understanding the position of women and gender conflict as a feature in books of all time. The primary works of the literary theorists are to evaluate how the gender quotient is effecting all phases of human existence. Unlike the feminist movement the feminist literary theory not only want to change the social stratum but aspires to invent new substitute models of reading and writing and trying the determine the reasons behind the condition of women in the contemporary world.
Some of the books on feminist literary theory are:
• Feminist Literary Theory: A Reader, edited by Mary Eagleton
• Feminist Literary Theory and Criticism: A Norton Reader, by Sandra M. Gilbert
• Sexual/Textual Politics: Feminist Literary Theory, by Toril Moi
• The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Literary Theory (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Ellen Rooney
• Legacy of Simone De Beauvoir by Emily R. Grosholzniversary Edition by Carol Adams
• The Feminist Aesthetics of Virginia Woolf: Modernism, Post-Impressionism, and the Politics of the Visual by Jane Goldman
Readers interested in feminism and the constant changing notions and theories of it can go through the books mentioned above for more detailed information.
