AJ16061 Women in Fiction and Theory

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Timetable
Thu 15:00–16:35 G32
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ09999 Qualifying Examination
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
This term's course will combine aspects of fiction, theory and film, considering some aspects of 'women' from both male and female perspectives in the case of film and fiction and including work by Thomas Hardy, Vladimir Nabokov, Jeffrey Eugenides, Angela Carter, Sofia Coppola and Alfred Hitchcock. The theory element of the course will focus primarily on the development of feminist perspectives in the British and American traditions but also some aspects of French feminist theory.The aim of the course is to compare and explore aspects of male and female visions of the latter gender in written fiction and film and to relate them to aspects of feminist theory and philosophy.By the end of the course the student will have written an essay in which they display the extent of their ability to understand and analyse aspects of the fiction ,film, or theory discussed, or a combination of these elements.During the course students will be expected to display and develop their ability to make points in relation to the texts discussed and to support them with appropriate textual evidence.Students will be expected to develop the skill of identifying the possible gender implications of literary and other forms of writing and an awareness of a range of perspectives on issues relating to questions of gender.
Syllabus
  • Week 1: Sept.24th: ORIENTATION WEEK:NO TEACHING Week 2: Oct.1st: Introductory: Feminism, Philosophy and Fiction Week 3: Oct.8th J.Eugenides:The Virgin Suicides (1);Mary Wollestonecraft; Harriet Stuart Mill (SE) Week 4:Oct15th:Eugenides: Virgin Suicides (2)V. Woolf; A Room of One's Own Week 5:Oct 22nd:V. Nabokov: Lolita (1)Simone de Beauvoir (SE)Cixous, Irigaray, Kristeva (ELF-week 13) Week 6:Oct 29th.Nabokov: Lolita (2)Feminist Political Philosophy;Feminist Perspectives on Power (SE) Week 7: Nov 5th:T. Hardy: The Well-Beloved:Feminist Perspectives on the Self; Camille Paglia; Sexual Personae -extract (ELF) Week 8: Nov.12th: A. Carter: The Bloody Chamber; Feminist Ethics (SE) Week 9: Nov.19th: READING WEEK: NO TEACHING Week 10:Nov.26: A. Carter: Fireworks; Feminist Aesthetics (SE) Week 11:Dec.3rd:A.Carter: The Passion of New Eve; Feminist Perspectives on Trans Issues(SE) Week 12:Dec.10th: A. Carter: The Infernal Desire Machines of Dr. Hoffman (1); D. Haraway; Simians, Cyborgs and Women (ELF) Week 13:Dec.17th:A. Carter: The Infernal Desire Machines of Dr Hoffman (2); Marriage and Domestic Partnership The film component will consist of occasional showings of parts of films by Sofia Coppola and/or Alfred Hitchcock .
Literature
  • Moi Toril Sexual Textual Politics London Methuen 1985
  • Nabokov, Vladimir Lolita London Penguin 2000 (1955)
  • Carter, Angela The Passion of New Eve London Virago Press 1982
  • Austen, Jane Emma London Penguin Classics
  • Haraway, Donna J Simians, Cyborgs and Women London Free Association Books 1991
  • Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre London Penguin Classics
  • Hardy Thomas The Pursuit of the Well-Beloved and the Well Beloved London Penguin 1997 (1897)
  • Carter, Angela The Bloody Chamber London Penguin 1979
  • Carter, Anglea The Infernal Desire machines of Dr Hoffman London Penguin 1982 (1972)
  • Carter, Angela Fireworks London Virago 1988 (1974)
  • Woolf, Virginia Mrs Dalloway London Penguin Classics
  • Millet Kate Sexual Politics
  • Greer, Germaine The Female Eunuch
  • Woolf, Virginia A Room of One's Own London Faber and Faber
  • Eugenides, Jeffrey The Virgin Suicides London Bloomsbury 2002 (1993)
  • Mitchell, Juliet Psychoanalysis and Feminism London Penguin 1990
  • Butler Judith Gender Trouble London Routledge 1990
  • Hardy Thomas Tess of the D'Urbervilles London Penguin Classics
  • Defoe, Daniel Moll Flanders London Penguin Classics
Teaching methods
Teaching by close reading and weekly ninety minute seminar discussion including group or pairwork.
Assessment methods
Assessment: Oral contribution(40%) and essay (60%)
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=1942
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021.
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