Women’s Writing – II

Paper Code: 
ENG 424 B
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to:

  • Understand the literary history of women’s studies and feminist criticism
  • Assess the contribution of various social and historical movements so as to comprehend the contribution of women’s literature in society

Course Learning Outcomes

The students will be able to:

  • Acquire analytical and critical skills so as to read for interdisciplinary feminist scholarship

  • Appreciate the stylistic representation of the diversity of women’s experiences, over time and across cultures

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Nadine Gordimer

July’s People

12.00
Unit II: 
Marianne Moore

What are Years?

Nevertheless

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Charlotte Keatley

My Mother Said I Never Should

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Sally Morgan

My Place

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Arundhati Roy

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 
  • Frickey, Pierrette. Critical Perspectives on Jean Rhys. Lynne Rienne Publishers, 1990.
  • Mill, John Stuart. Subjection of Women. Cosimo, 2000.
  • Mitchell, Juliet. Psychoanalysis and Feminism. Basic Books, 2000.
  • Munro, Alice. Dance of the Happy Shades and Other Stories. Penguin, 1998.
  • Showalter, Elaine. A Literature of Their Own: British Novelists from Bronte to Lessing. Princeton UP, 1977.

 

 

Academic Year: 
2020-2021