Open to all undergraduates. In this introduction to contemporary women's issues, students meet in a small discussion group.
Attendance is mandatory at first two meeting of class.
Humanities Seminars on Women and Gender. Section 001 - Fairy Tales and Gender. Walter Benjamin says that fairy tales teach children to greet the difficulties of everyday life with high spirits and courage. This will not be a course about sentimentalizing Cinderella. While we will think about villains and vampires, heroes and heroines, magic and marvels, we will also investigate the gendered component of fairy tales and examine the mythic apparatus of a wide range of texts, including A Room of One's Own and Annie John.