2.5.2.2 Sandra M. Gilbert
Sandra M. Gilbert is also an influential feminist critic and poet. Gilberts critical and theoretical works, particularly those co-authored by Susan Gubar, are
generally identified as texts within the realm of second-wave feminism. As such, they represent part of a concerted effort to move beyond the simple assimilationist
theories of first-wave feminism, either by rejecting entirely the given, oppressive, patriarchal, male-dominated order of society, or by seeking to reform that order.
Gilberts texts also lay themselves open to many of the criticisms leveled by third- wave feminism, or thinkers who regard patriarchy not as an integrated and
foundational system, but a set of repeated practices which may vary over time and space.
In The Madwoman in the Attic, Gilbert and Gubar take the famous and influential oedipal model developed by literary critic Harold Bloom and adapt it to
their own purposes as feminist critics. Blooms well-known theory of the anxiety of influence argues that writers suffer from an oedipal fear and jealousy for their
perceived literary fore-fathers. As such, the unpublished writer puts himself under a great deal of pressure to break free from his most immediate, direct
influences, to form his own voice, even to kill the threatening and over-bearing father of his particular literary experience and inspirations. Gilbert and Gubar
http:en.wikipedia.orgwikiGilbert-Gubar, April 2, 2009 argue that this model is male-oriented, as certainly the associations of Oedipus are, and offer for women a
theory of The Anxiety of Authorship. Gilbert is often said to find her theoretical roots in the earlier 1970s works of Ellen Moers and Elaine Showalter, because the
basic premise of her thought is that women writers may categorized just so, that all women share a set of similar experiences and that male oppression or
patriarchy is everywhere essentially the same. Her works have not usually been marked out for criticism because of their specific content, but rather, because of
the general associations that they bear, and the theoretical perspective out of
which they are borne.
It can be concluded that Gilbert is a feminist critics who rejects either the given, oppressive, patriarchal, male-dominated order of society. She also tries to
reform that order and sees that patriarchy is a repeated practice lasting from time to time.
CHAPTER III METHOD OF INVESTIGATION
In this chapter, there are four sub-chapters totally. The first is the object of the study. The second presents the type of data. The third presents the techniques of
collecting data. The fourth explains the technique of analyzing data.
3. 1 The Object of the Study
The object of the study of this final project is Anthony Mingella’s movie entitled Cold Mountain. The film tells the life situation in the aftermath of the American
Civil War in 1864. It is the reflection of the social situation and conflict during the war time.
3. 2 Sources of the Data
There are two kinds of sources of data. First, the data are taken from the object of the study, that is the Cold Mountain movie. The data are taken from the dialogues
and utterances and action or motion pictures. Secondly, the data are taken from the references such as encyclopedias, books, internet, and dictionaries that are
related to the topic. These data are used in review of related literature in chapter II.
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