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GATE 2026 XH2 (English) – Question 46

Critical Theories and Intellectual Traditions · Theoretical Paradigms: Structuralism, Marxism, feminism, existentialism, poststructuralism, modernism, postmodernism, new historicism, postcolonialism, posthumanism · 2 marks · Multiple choice

Which of the following is a key work in feminist literary criticism written by Virginia Woolf?

  1. The Awakening
  2. A Room of One’s Own
  3. The Feminine Mystique
  4. Their Eyes Were Watching God

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Correct answer: (B) A Room of One’s Own

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A Room of One's Own (1929) is Woolf's essay on women and fiction, in which she argues that a woman needs money and a room of her own to write. The Awakening is by Kate Chopin, The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan and Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.