Investigates Korean feminism s coming of age by focusing on the authors views of family, history and gender. All readings are in English. A major focus will be on the interweaving of voice, structure, style, and content. As we read the work of ourselves and of others, we will be searching for strategies, devices, rhythms, patterns, and approaches that we might adapt to our own writing. The reading list will consist of writings by twentieth-century American women.
Admission is by permission of the instructor.
During registration period, students should sign up for the course and leave samples of their writing at the English Department Office, Wright 101. Emphasis on the pleasures of the text and significant ideas - political, spiritual, human, and esthetic. Efforts directed at appreciation of individuality and diversity as well as contributions to the development of fiction. An examination of gender and sexuality as subjects of theoretical investigation, historically constructed in ways that have made possible various forms of regulation and scrutiny today. We will focus on the way in which traditional views of gender and sexuality still resonate with us in the modern world, helping to shape legislation and public opinion, creating substantial barriers to cultural and political change.