Women’s Writing – II

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

CO 141.  Acquire analytical and critical skills so as to read for interdisciplinary feminist scholarship

CO 142. Appreciate the stylistic representation of the diversity of women’s experiences, over time and across cultures

CO 143. Analyse the critical and theoretical debates surrounding women’s writing

CO 144. Appraise the representation of culture, identity and history in the given texts

CO 145. Create an understanding of women’s historical and contemporary agency and how these have shaped women characters’ lives in various geographic settings

 

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 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. 

 

Journals:

Women’s Writing by Routledge

Gender Studies by Routeledge

 

E-resources: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJuhNOsJZ4I  by Prof. Sayan Chhatopadhyay , IIT Kanpur

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5xqDSy161E by Prof. Sayan Chhatopadhyay, IIT Kanpur

 

 

Academic Year: 
2023-2024