Chiaroscuro means using strong contrasts between light and dark for dramatic effect.
i'm pretty sure it's "had argued"
a participle is a verb used as an adjective
Specific goals of feminist criticism include both the development and discovery female tradition of writing, and rediscovering of old texts, while also interpreting symbolism of women's writing so that it will not be lost or ignored by the male point of view and resisting sexism inherent in the majority of mainstream