Women's Lib, Women's Lit
ENGL 344
Spring 2023
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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: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ENGL)(FGSS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Ursula K. LeGuin, THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS
Audre Lorde, ZAMI: A NEW SPELLING OF MY NAME
Rona Jaffe, THE BEST OF EVERYTHING
Toni Morrison, SULA
Marge Piercy, WOMAN ON THE EDGE OF TIME
Ira Levin, THE STEPFORD WIVES
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Examinations and Assignments:
multiple reader responses, book reception report and one essay |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Contributes to fulfillment of English major requirements: LH3, AL, elective |
| Instructor(s): Garrett,Matthew Carl Times: ..T.R.. 08:50AM-10:10AM; Location: FISK101; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 5 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 0 | FR: X |
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