Which feminist scholar is primarily linked to the development of gynocriticism?

Explanation

Elaine Showalter is widely recognized as the key figure behind gynocriticism, a feminist literary approach that focuses on women’s writing and female experience. Julia Kristeva and Luce Irigaray are noted feminist theorists but are associated with psychoanalytic and linguistic feminism, respectively. Louise M. Rosenblatt is known for reader-response theory.