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Summer 2006 Dr. Sharon R. Wilson

ENG. 335-707 Ross 1170B

Dept. Fax: 351-3378 Office T Th

Blackboard: http://bb.unco.edu. 3:00-3:45 & by appt.

Home Page: http://www.asstudents.unco.edu/faculty/swilson

sharon.wilson@unco.edu

WORLD LITERATURE BY AND ABOUT WOMEN

SYLLABUS

• Reading must be finished by the first scheduled day of discussion.
• Note lateness policies and assignment specifications in General Requirements.
• Assigned Feminisms and some other critical readings are available from the Library (Source, On-line Reserve) as Downloads or as reserve readings in the library.
• Sign up with me for seminars on the days allotted to those works or activities. Days will be added or deleted depending upon size of class.
• Please email or see me if you have questions about any course matter.

I June M 26 Introduction, Lim, Chrystos, Atwood poems; Feminisms definitions (Blackboard

download).

T 27 Ferre story: download from Blackboard

Feminisms: Kolodny’s “Dancing”; rec. Candelaria, Anzaldua

W 28 Postcolonial: Bulbeck “Brideprice, Dowry and Patrilocality”; Homi Bhabha handout

rec. “About Feminisms”

Th 29 Introduction to The Bride Price; Feminisms: Barbara Christian, Gilbert and Gubar’s “Infection in the Sentence”

SIGN UP FOR SEMINAR

II July M 3 The Bride Price BRIEF PAPER ONE DUE

T 4 No class

W 5 The Bride Price Seminar:

Th 6 “ and Feminisms: Felman

III M 10 Introduction to Alias Grace. Atwood Art.

T 11 Alias Grace BRIEF PAPER TWO DUE

W 12 “ Seminar

Th 13 Feminisms: Cixous , Kauffman; Freud “Medusa’s Head” handout

rec. Irigary "When Our Lips Speak Together."

RESEARCH PAPER DUE

IV M 17 Feminisms both Sedgwick

T 18 Introduction to The Bone People

W 19 The Bone People BRIEF PAPER THREE DUE

Th 20 The Bone People Seminar

V M 24 Introduction to Wide Sargasso Sea; Feminisms: Spivak

T 25 Wide Sargasso Sea BRIEF PAPER FOUR DUE: APPLICATION

W 26 “ Seminar. Lacan “The Mirror Stage”

Th 27 Introduction to Mad Shadows

VI M 31 Mad Shadows

COMPARATIVE FINAL DUE

Aug. T 1 Mad Shadows Seminar

W 2 Outside Seminars:

Feminisms or story

Th 3 Feminisms: Mulvey

Film: Rear Window or Wide Sargasso Sea