In Literature Gender roles have been assiduously and variously defined in British and American literature for several centuries. We will read essays, poetry, short stories, and novels by writers such as Christina Rossetti, Virginia Woolf, Maxine Hong Kingston, Rita Dove, and Marilyn Hacker. Required Texts Reader, available in Morton Hall Office.
Attendance is vital.
We will cover many texts quickly, so missing one day will put you behind the class. After 4 unexcused absences, you will either be withdrawn from the course or your course grade will drop precipitously. Come to class, on time and awake. Women companion website to the public radio series on American women authors. A Taxonomy of feminist theories.