II. Course Objectives
A. Knowledge
By the end of this course
the student will:
be familiar with central images of women in literature
recognize major women writers of the Nineteenth and twentieth
centuries demonstrate a good understanding of the major
themes and characters of major figure in the cannon of
women's literature.
B.. Skills
Students will develop and
practice skills necessary to analyze
central themes, issues and
ideas frequently found in literature
written about and by women
through close reading of texts
selected to articulate those
themes.
C. Attitudes and Values
As a result of this course,
the students should develop an
appreciation for and an
understanding of the major themes and
issues raised in literature
written by women and about women..
III. Course Topics
DAUGTHERS/SISTERS
Sophocles
Antigone
Alice
Munro
"Boys and Girls"
Sylvia
Plath
"The Disquieting Muses"
"Daddy"
"The Colossus"
Edith
Wharton
"Angel at the Grave"
Jane
Austen
Pride and Prejudice
FRIENDS
Edith
Wharton
"Roman Fever"
Doris
Lessing
"Our Friend Judith"
Susan
Glaspell
"A Jury of Her Peers"
INGENUE
Henry
James
Daisy Miller
Marge
Piercy
"Barbie'
Jane
Austen
EMMA (video)
WIVEs AND MOTHERS
Henrik
Ibsen
A Doll's House
Kate
Chopin
The Awakening
"The Storm"
Anne
Bradstreet
"To My Dear & Loving Husband"
Elizabeth
Barrett Browning "How Do I Love Thee?"
Sylvia
Plath
"Metaphors"
ALONE
Harding-Davis
"Life in the Iron Mills"
Mary
E. Wilkins Freeman
"A New England Nun"
Plath
"Mirror"
Joseph
"Warning"
IV. INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES
The course will focus on
close readings of all texts, reader response, class discussion and group
projects. Special attention is given to Women's Month in March.
V. TEXTBOOKS
Sophocles Atigone
Ibsen A Doll's House
James Daisy Miller
Austen Pride and Prejudice
Chopin The Awakening
Cane, ed. Great Short Stories by American
Women
Woolf A Room of One's Own
selected short stories
selected poems
selected essays