Women Writing B (ENG2WWB / ENG3WWB)
Semester 2 / 2012

Texts

y separately published work icon The Getting of Wisdom Henry Handel Richardson , London : Heinemann , 1910 Z901329 1910 single work novel (taught in 25 units)

'A coming-of-age story of a spontaneous heroine who finds herself ensconced in the rigidity of a turn-of-the-century boarding school. The clever and highly imaginative Laura has difficulty fitting in with her wealthy classmates and begins to compromise her ideals in her search for popularity and acceptance.' (From the publisher's website.)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes!$!Loos, A!$! !$!!$!
A room of one's own!$!Woolf, V.!$!William Collins!$!!$!
The prime of Miss Jean Brodie!$!Spark, M.!$!Penguin!$!!$!
Persepolis!$!Satrapi, M.!$!Pantheon!$!!$!
The group!$!McCarthy, M.!$!Harvester!$!!$!
Baghdad burning: girl blog from Iraq!$!Marion Boyars!$!Riverbend!$!!$!
The memoirs of a survivor!$!Lessing, D.!$!Knopf!$!!$!
Swastika Night!$!Constantine, Murray!$!, 1937!$!!$!

Description

This subject is an exploration of ways that women have written about key areas of female experience during the turbulent and volatile twentieth and twenty-first centuries. We read a range of prose works that deal with fantasy and testimony, mass culture and consumerism, motherhood and daughterhood, sex and education, dystopia, revolution and war. Texts include racy bestsellers, literary novellas, a graphic novel, and a blog. The emphasis is on discovering new approaches to women's literary history, and students will be introduced to the practice of experimental critical writing.

Assessment

one 1,500-word exercise 35%

one 2,500-word experimental critical essay 65%

Other Details

Offered in: 2010
Current Campus: Bundoora
Levels: Undergraduate
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