ENGL 281

Spring 2016 All Classes

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Women in the Lit Imagination

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Credit: 3 hours.

Study of the way various writers, both male and female, have portrayed woman's image, social role, and psychologies in British, American, or Anglophone literature.

Same as GWS 281. May be repeated with permission of English advising office to a maximum of 6 hours if topics vary. Prerequisite: Completion of the Composition I requirement.

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ENGL 281 class schedule data for spring 2016
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	32109	Lecture-Discussion	Q	12:30PM -1:45PM	TR	149 Henry Administration Bldg	Baron, I	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Section Title: The Fallen Woman Section Info: Topic Section Q: The Fallen Woman In this course, we’ll trace the genesis of the seduction novel as a vehicle for the conservative social theory behind British and American gender politics. We’ll begin with an examination of the theme of the ruined woman as a bi-cultural warning to any young girl who strays from the straight and narrow heteronormative sexual imperative set in place by hundreds of years of rigid Anglo-Norman patrilineal ideologies. Moving through the canon of literature focusing on this gendered tale, we’ll examine the fictional evolution of the fallen woman through its multiple iterations in England and America. We’ll explore how Anglo societies collectively viewed the sexually compromised female from the late Georgian period to the postmodernist period as an outcast who must be punished through banishment or death to avoid polluting the rarified air of untarnished women. As we unfurl the interlocking social discourse of these narratives, we’ll deconstruct how the body and the mind of the fallen woman is presented through the cultural dictates of each national identity, each literary period and the gender and sexual orientation of the authors. Ultimately we’ll see whether class differences, racial differences or the enfranchisement of women liberated females from this stigma or whether women today are still marginalized by sexually unsanctioned behaviors. Requirements include: active attendance and participation, an oral report, two papers and an exam. Texts and films may include: The Duchess, Charlotte Temple, Sense and Sensibility, Pleasantville, The Scarlet Letter, Tess of the D’Urbervilles, The Awakening, After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie, The Great Gatsby, Passing, and Juno.