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Elaine Showalter and Gynocritics By Tang Ying Under the Supervision of Professor Dong Hongchuan Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Master of Arts English Department School of Foreign Studies Guizhou University April. 2009 Acknowledgements The people who have contributed to the completion of this thesis are so many that I can hardly express my gratitude to them enough. First of all, I would like to take this chance to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisor, professor Dong for his kindly assistance and valuable guidance during the process of my thesis writing. I am also grateful to some other teachers from whom I have acquired knowledge and theories of literature and suggestions for improvement and thus gathered some ideas of the paper. Secondly, this thesis is greatly indebted to all who have instructed me in the course of my studies for the Master’s degree, including Professors Wang, Ning, Jin, and Fei, whose excellent lectures help me learn valuable things for my study. A special note of gratitude is extended to the members of committee for the proposal. Their constructive suggestions and precious comments provided directions for may study and greatly assisted me to refine my thesis. Furthermore, I owe many thanks and gratitude to all the teachers and the students who participated and contributed to our survey. They were so kind to accept my invitations for questionnaires and interviews and they provided me with valuable information which was indispensable for the completion of this thesis. I would also like to express our special appreciation to teachers for their efforts and time to assist in the distribution of questionnaires and the collection of data. Finally,my gratitude goes to my friends and family for their encouragement and support which are needed for my paper writing. i Elaine Showalter and Gynocritics Abstract One of Americas foremost academic literary scholars, Showalter is renowned for her pioneering femi