English 239--Course Schedule
| Course: English 239--Women in Literature
Instructor: Ann Warren Office: NEA 273 Phone: (310) 233-4247 Office Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9-9:30 a.m. E-mail: annw708@earthlink.net |
Course Schedule: Week 1 Course Schedule: Weeks 2-4 Course Schedule: Weeks 5-7 Course Schedule: Weeks 8-11 Course Schedule: Weeks 12-15 |
COURSE SCHEDULE
| Week 1 Feb. 6-11 INTRODUCTION Early Women's Literature Phases in Women's Literature Writing About Literature Go to Lecture 1 Go to Discussion Questions 1 |
Reading: Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran |
| Week 2 Feb.13-18 MEMOIR The History of the Memoir Nafisi's Iran Go to Lecture 2 Go to Discussion Questions 2 |
Reading: Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran |
| WEEK 3 Feb. 20-25 THE VICTORIANS Victorian Women Writers Jane Austen No Discussion Questions this week Go to Lecture 3 |
Reading: Austen, either Pride and Prejudice OR Emma (CHOOSE ONE) |
| WEEK 4 Feb. 27-Mar. 3 THE VICTORIANS Victorian Women Writers Jane Austen Go to Discussion Questions 3 No new lecture this week |
Reading: Austen, either Pride and Prejudice OR Emma (CHOOSE ONE) |
| WEEK 5 Mar. 5-10 THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY Women Writers in the Early 20th Century Woolf, Gilman, and others No Discussion Questions this week Go to Lecture 4 
Paper 1 due |
Reading: Woolf, "Professions for Women" and "Shakespeare's Sister" Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper" |
| WEEK 6 Mar. 12-17 THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Women Writers in the Early 20th Century Lowell, Stein, and others Go to Discussion Questions 4 No new lecture this week |
Reading: Lowell, "Astigmatism" "The Letter" Stein, "Sacred Emily" H.D., "Hermes of the Ways" "The Walls Do Not Fall" Moore, "Baseball and Writing" "Nevertheless" |
| WEEK 7 Mar. 19-23 THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY Women Writers in the Mid-20th Century Dorothy Parker and others No Discussion Questions this week Go to Lecture 5 |
Reading: Parker, "The Waltz" Mansfield, "The Garden Party" West, "The Return of the Soldier" |
| WEEK 8 Mar. 26-31 THE GENRES Women Writers in Genre Fiction Agatha Christie and others No Discussion Questions this week Go to Lecture 6 Paper 2 due |
Reading: Christie, The Secret Adversary OR Rinehart, The Amazing Interlude (Choose ONE) |
| ************ SPRING BREAK April 2-7 ************* | |
| WEEK 9 Apr. 9-14 THE LATE 20TH CENTURY Women Writers in the Late 20th Century Susan Power Go to Discussion Questions 5 Go to Lecture 7 |
Reading: Power, The Grass Dancer |
| WEEK 10 Apr. 16-21 THE LATE 20TH CENTURY Women Writers in the Late 20th Century Susan Power Go to Discussion Questions 6 No new lecture this week |
Reading: Power, The Grass Dancer |
| WEEK 11 Apr. 23-28 THE LATE 20TH CENTURY Women Writers in the Late 20th Century Margaret Atwood No Discussion Questions this week Go to Lecture 8 |
Reading: Atwood, Alias Grace |
| WEEK 12 Apr. 30-May 5 THE LATE 20TH CENTURY Women Writers in the Late 20th Century Margaret Atwood Go to Discussion Questions 7 No new lecture this week |
Reading: Atwood, Alias Grace |
| WEEK 13 May 7-12 THE MEMOIR The Memoir, Revisited Jennifer Lauck No Discussion Questions this week Go to Lecture 9 Paper 3 due
| Reading: Lauck, Blackbird |
| WEEK 14 May 14-19 THE MEMOIR The Memoir, Revisited Jennifer Lauck Go to Discussion Questions 8 No new Lecture this week | Reading: Lauck, Blackbird |
| WEEK 15 May 21-26 CATCH YOUR BREATH WEEK | No new reading assignment due |
| WEEK 16 FINAL EXAM | Exam due Tuesday, May 29th, by midnight. No late exams will be accepted, as I must turn in grades immediately. |