This seven-week seminar explores the manifestation of these theories in the tragedies, comedies, and the late metaphysical plays. The tragedies emphasize conflict between good and evil that ends in death, destruction, and disorder in the individual, society, and the universe. The comedies center in the ethics of relationships and marriage, creating and sustaining stability in society and the cosmos. The late plays attempt to negotiate the individual's relationship with the universe through the powers of magic and astrology. These postmaternal figures are becoming an important focus in movies, novels, television, cartoons, and the media.
Students have a choice between writing autobiographically or critically.
Participation is not limited to parents of adult children. Through reading these authors, students not only learn to recognize the challenges faced by intellectual women but also catch glimpses of new and better worlds of gender and family relations, where women's experiences play a distinctive role.