Literature by Women after 1900
Class Information
Instructor: Frederickson, Kathleen
CRN: 44625
Time: MWF 1:10-2:00pm
Location: Bainer 1130
GE Areas: Writing Experience
Description
Topic: Between Women
This course will focus on relationships between women in prose and poetry, including depictions of women who are family, friends, lovers, rivals, or bitter enemies. We will ask how these relationships inform (and are informed by) conventions around plot, characterization, and genre.
Grading
2 papers
Midterm
Final
Discussion Questions
Texts
Burnt Sugar, Avni Doshi
Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier
Girl, Woman, Other, Bernadine Evaristo
Passing, Nella Larsen
A Safe Girl to Love, Casey Plett