What Will She Do?
WRCT 263
Fall 2025
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In his preface to The Portrait of a Lady, Henry James recalled the challenge presented to him by the novel's main character, Isabel Archer. "By what process of logical accretion was this slight 'personality,' the mere slim shade of an intelligent but presumptuous girl, to find itself endowed with the high attributes of a Subject?" he wondered. "What will she do?" This seminar takes James's question -- "What will she do?" -- as crucial to the novel, a genre of fiction that is particularly interested in how young women determine what to do with their lives. Reading across five novels -- Jane Austen's Emma, George Eliot's Middlemarch, Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady, Nella Larsen's Quicksand, and Toni Morrison's Beloved -- we will trace the history of the novel through its evolving representations of sex, desire, race, gender, class, and consciousness. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA WRCT |
| Course Format: Lecture | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
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Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Jane Austen¿s Emma, George Eliot¿s Middlemarch, Henry James¿s The Portrait of a Lady, Nella Larsen¿s Quicksand, Toni Morrison¿s Beloved
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Examinations and Assignments:
Midterm and final |
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| Instructor(s): Emre,Merve Gul Times: .M.W... 10:20AM-11:50AM; Location: TBA |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 300 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 0 | | |
| Seats Available: 300 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 80 | JR non-major: 70 | SO: 70 | FR: 80 |
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