Women and the Canon. Are We Justified to Speak of a Female Literary Canon Nowadays?
Women and the Canon. Are We Justified to Speak of a Female Literary Canon Nowadays?

Summary/Abstract: The paper is initiated by a brief outline of the development of women’s literature in the ex-“EastEuropean” countries since 1989. Then it turns to feminist literary theory tracking two different periodsof its reception by, and adaption to, literary criticism in post-communist academic research.The concepts of women’s generations and women’s literary canon, vital for the western traditionof gynocriticism, are closely analyzed in line with their relevance to present-day women’s literaturein post-communist culture. The paper ends with a presentation of a threefold model of theprospective to speak of women’s literature imbedded in, or in counter stance to, the traditionalliterary canon.

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