Question

Virginia woolf gave her speech about shakespeare's sister in 1928, the same year in which women in the united kingdom regained the right to vote. woolf's family had her educated at home, even though british universities began admitting women in 1878. by the time woolf began working for the times literary supplement in 1910, nellie bly had proved that women could succeed as professional journalists. despite this progress, woolf experienced so many difficulties in making her life as a writer that she had no difficulty imagining how prejudice and lack of opportunity would have stifled judith, shakespeare's imaginary sister.

Answer 1

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Virginia Woolf gave her speech about Shakespeare's sister in 1928, the same year in which women in the United Kingdom regained the right to vote. Woolf's family had her educated at home, even though British universities began admitting women in 1878. By the time Woolf began working for the Times Literary Supplement in 1910, Nellie Bly had proved that women could succeed as professional journalists. Despite this progress, Woolf experienced so many difficulties in making her life as a writer that she had no difficulty imagining how prejudice and lack of opportunity would have stifled Judith, Shakespeare's imaginary sister.

This passage is an example of the _________ approach to literary criticism because it relates Woolf's writing to her life and times, and interprets her work in the context of economic struggle.

Reader-responce , Marxist , Historical , Formation "

Answer:

Marxist

Step-by-step explanation:

A Marxist approach occurs when a work is analyzed based on the socioeconomic facts of the time when that work was created. In this type of approach, the roles of the classes, social conflicts and even the historical context of a given period are analyzed and how this reflects on the work created.

In the case of the text provided in the question above, we can observe a case, where the Marxist approach was used in literary criticism, since the critic evaluated the conditions of women at the time that Virginia Wolf lived and how it was represented in his works and in your characters.

Answer 2

Marxist

Step-by-step explanation:

According to a different source, this is the rest of the question:

This passage is an example of the _________ approach to literary criticism because it relates Woolf's writing to her life and times, and interprets her work in the context of economic struggle.

• Reader-response
• Marxist
• Historical
• Formation

This is an example of a Marxist approach to literary criticism. In this text, the author relates the experiences of Virginia Woolf to the conditions of her time, particularly economic ones. The author talks about the right to vote in England, the acceptance of female students in universities, the fact that women worked as professional journalists, etc. The approach is a Marxist one because besides commenting on the historical context, the author gives a political and economic analysis of Woolf's environment.