ClassInfo - Spring 2018 Gender, Women, & Sexuality Std Classes

Spring 2018 | GWSS 3301W Section 001: Women Writers (67155)

Instructor(s): Eden Torres, PhD
Class Component:: Discussion
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:: UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018

Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM

UMTC, East Bank

Amundson Hall 116
Enrollment Status:: Open (29 of 30 seats filled)

Course Catalog Description:: Complexities of women's roles and way women writers have used various genres of literature to articulate personal and social struggles. Fiction, poetry, drama, critical nonfiction texts. Fidelity/betrayal within relationships and societal perceptions. What images of femininity do these writers convey? How do formal and stylistic devices transform meaning?
Class Description:: Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned ? Women writers across different spatio-temporal locations have explored this pronouncement in their writings, either reading it as an unfair indictment or exemplifying and reinforcing its presumed truth. This course continues the examination of betrayal, while shifting the focus from women being betrayed to women caught between fidelity and betrayal. How do they negotiate the indeterminacy of their positions? This focus on relationships becomes the first axis of inquiry in our course, as we peel back the layers of complexity in the relationships portrayed. The second axis of inquiry shifts focus yet again from interpersonal relationships to women's self-perception in society. What does it mean to conform to or betray a certain ideal of womanhood? With a focus on complexities of women's roles, we examine the way women writers have used various genres of literature to articulate personal and social struggles. Through an in-depth study of fiction, poetry, and drama, as well as critical non-fiction texts, we will engage with the question of fidelity and betrayal within relationships and societal perceptions. What images of femininity do these writers convey? How do formal and stylistic devices transform meaning?
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67155/1183
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 31 July 2013

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