Women's Lib, Women's Lit
ENGL 344
Spring 2026
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01
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| Crosslisting:
FGSS 345 |
The social movement known as second-wave feminism, but often referred to at the time as "Women's Lib," took center stage in much of the best-selling fiction of the 1970s. This course will look at popular fiction that concerned itself with women's issues and the way it popularized, memorialized, complicated, and contested feminism in the popular imagination. We will look at a range of novels that focused attention on the nature of and possible solutions to women's political, material, and sexual subjection by men. Although our focus will be on the 1970s, we will look at both some important pretexts, and some later responses to the ongoing crises of gendered inequality in the 1980s. We will pay particular attention the gendering of publishing and reception, exploring the contexts in which these books were produced, marketed, reviewed, and read. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (English)(Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
The Best of Everything, Rona Jaffe
Sula, Toni Morrison
Ella Price¿s Journal, Dorothy Bryant
The Combahee River Collective Statement
The Redstockings Manifesto
The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
Zami, Audre Lorde
Woman on the Edge of Time, Marge Piercy
The Stepford Wive, Ira Levin
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Examinations and Assignments:
4 short inquiry papers, an annotated bibliography and final paper |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Contributes to the following English major requirements: Amer. Lit., Lit. Hist. 3 |
| Instructor(s): Bachner,Sally Times: ..T.R.. 08:50AM-10:10AM; Location: TBA |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 6 | JR major: 6 | | |
| Seats Available: 15 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 0 | FR: X |
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