Literary Theories

I was looking at the different types of theories and found that they are all similar in the fact that they are each critiquing texts --only from a different point of view. Literary Theory is a scholarly approach to reading texts. With Literature being undefinable, the theories revolve about shuch a wide varitey of text. The roots go back to Ancient Greek and Rome. Theory and Criticism are the main focuses on each of these theories, which are all unique in their own way.
According to Wikipedia, MARXISM, refers to the philpsophy and social theory-- and what Karl Marx believed.
FEMINIST LITERARY CRITCISM is about womens roles and lives and the feminist politics that go along with their lives. This theory aims to understand women, all while critiquing them at the same time. It is interesting reading about this theory because I have never actually compared it to literature-- especially something like what we have read in class.
The FRENCH FEMINIST THEORY is also interesting, although it is very similar to the plain Feminist Theory. It deals with the critique and conteporary developments in continental philisophy. Their are specific French Writers, such as Chantal Chawaf and Catherine Clement who are labeled as "French feminist"