Women’s Writing – II

Paper Code: 
24ENG424(B)
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

 

The Course will enable the students to evaluate the literary history of women’s studies and feminist criticism and assess the contribution of various social and historical movements so as to comprehend the contribution of women’s literature in society.

 

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: 
2024-2025
Course Outcomes: 

The students will:

CO127.  Cultivate analytical and critical skills so as to read for interdisciplinary feminist scholarship

CO128. Examine the stylistic representation of the diversity of women’s experiences, over time and across cultures

CO129. Analyse the critical and theoretical debates surrounding women’s writing

CO130. Appraise the representation of culture, identity and history in the given texts

CO131. Formulate an understanding of women’s historical and contemporary agency and how these have shaped women characters’ lives in various geographic settings

CO132. Contribute effectively to course-specific interaction.