Women’s Writing – II

Paper Code: 
ENG 424-B
Credits: 
4
Periods/week: 
4
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

The course will enable the students to:

  • Evaluate 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 Outcomes -

The students will :

  • 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
  • Analyse the critical and theoretical debates surrounding women’s writing
  • Appraise the representation of culture, identity and history in the given texts

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Unit I

Nadine Gordimer                                              

July’s People

 

12.00
Unit II: 
Unit II

Marianne Moore

What are Years?

Nevertheless

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Unit III

Charlotte Keatley

My Mother Said I Never Should

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Unit IV

Sally Morgan

My Place

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Unit V

Arundhati Roy

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Suggested Readings:

 

Frickey, Pierrette. Critical Perspectives on Jean Rhys. Lynne Rienne Publisher, 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 University Press, 1977.

 

Academic Year: 
2021-2022