Women's Lib, Women's Lit
ENGL 344
Fall 2016
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01
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| Crosslisting:
FGSS 345 |
The social movement known as second-wave feminism, but often referred to at the time as "Women's Lib," took center stage in much of the best-selling fiction of the 1970s. This course will look at popular fiction that concerned itself with women's issues and the way it popularized, memorialized, complicated, and contested feminism in the popular imagination. We will look at a range of novels that focused attention on the nature of and possible solutions to women's political, material, and sexual subjection by men. Although our focus will be on the 1970s, we will look at both some important pretexts, and some later responses to the ongoing crises of gendered inequality in the 1980s. We will pay particular attention the gendering of publishing and reception, exploring the contexts in which these books were produced, marketed, reviewed, and read. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ENGL)(FGSS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Rona Jaffey, THE BEST OF EVERYTHING
Jacqueline Susann, THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS
Rita Mae Brown, RUBYFRUIT JUNGLE
Ira Levin, THE STEPFORD WIVES
Margaret Atwood, THE HANDMAID'S TALE
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Examinations and Assignments:
4 short essays (3 pages); one longer essay (12-15 pages) |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course contributes to the fulfillment of the American Literature and Theory and Literary Forms concentrations of the English major. |
| Instructor(s): Bachner,Sally Times: .M.W... 10:50AM-12:10PM; Location: CRT285; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 6 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: -1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 0 | FR: 0 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 3 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 1 |
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