This paper will present the movement known as feminism and especially its impact over literature.

This subject is of interest because feminism was and it still is one of the most relevant and important events that took place in America, Great Britain and then all over the world and at the same time, this paper will contain different arguments brought by the feminist writers Jane Austen and Agatha Christie and other important figures to the feminist problem and also their contribution to the evolution of modern literature. To sum up, the paper will deal with a real problem, which is feminism and its consequences in the past and also in literature and the way it evolved up to the present day. Feminist literature is based on the principles of feminism, and refers to any literary work that centers around the struggle of a woman for equality, before being cast into a gender stereotype. Not only in feminist literature, women have been treated as important subjects but also in many literary works by men. A feminist writer will be defined as a writer, female or male, who shows women capable of intelligence, moral responsibility, competence, and independent action, who presents women as central characters, as the heroes, not just as "the other sex". Nevertheless, there were also restrictions regarding women in literature. They were not allowed to publish any work which was aimed directly towards men but they still managed to write important works like:The feminine mystique , The second sex which were a revelation of that era and contained the feminist ideology. Jane Austen (16 December 1775 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. Her plots, though fundamentally comic,highlight the dependence of women on marriage to secure social standing and economic security. Dame Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was the prolific English Queen of Crime. Her works have been translated to dozens of languages, inspired numerous other authors works, and have been adapted to radio, the stage, and film. As well as a writer of crime mysteries, she also read stories for BBC Radio, wrote non-fiction, romances, plays, and poetry. Jane Austen was a forerunner of the feminists. Her heroines were not only interested in marriage and children, even though this was the only acceptable career for women. Her heroines, apart from Catherine Rose in Northanger Abbey, are all intelligent and serious women, not silly. It is possible to also argue that Jane Austen believed that women should have careers after all she had one herself. Christie is capable of presenting a wide range of female characters that go beyond anti-feminist stereotypes, creating some very admirable female heroes, and exploring many problems women face as a result of the sexism that pervades our society. Christie's feminist sympathies are revealed in the way she points out problems women face living in a patriarchy, problems that have not changed much over the centuries. One such problem is the economic oppression of women, as much a reality today as ever. Surpassing the careers of even her most redoubtable heroines, Christie ultimately demonstrates that for her, writing itself is a feminist act. The implied, neatly camouflaged feminism of her life and work demands acknowledgment. In my opinion feminism was of great importance because women were underpaid at work and undervalued at home, due to the fact that few had attained positions of power and influence and because so many are still subject of discrimination and violence from men, it is easy to imagine that feminism was a dream of impossible futures. Nowadays many people recognize that feminism represents a great step towards equality and sanity in human relationships. That is certainly something worth fighting for.