In which of Showalter's phases did women writers imitate the dominant male tradition?

1. AThe colonial-feminist phase
2. BThe feminist phase
3. CThe female phase
4. DThe feminine phase

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Correct answer: D. The feminine phase

Explanation

A Literature of Their Own (1977): feminine (1840–80, imitation), feminist (1880–1920, protest), female (from 1920, self-discovery).