AJ16061 Women in Fiction and Theory

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2008
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 16:40–18:15 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 (in Czech)
The course will survey aspects of classic British fiction by and relating to women in combination with aspects of Anglo-American and French feminist theory. Novels considered will include Jane Austen's 'Emma', Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane Eyre', George Eliot's 'The Mill on the Floss', Virginia Woolf's 'Mrs Dalloway' and Angela Carter's 'The Passion of New Eve'. Theory will include work by or relating to Mary Wollestonecraft, Harriet Taylor, Virginia Woolf, Germaine Greer, Donna Haraway, Juliet Mitchell,Toril Moi, Judith Butler, Simone de Beauvoir, Monique Wittig,Helene Cixous, Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Week 1 February 21st: Introductory Week 2 February 28th: J. Austen:Emma Chs.1-20/A Room of One's Own Week 3 March 6th:J. Austen:Emma Chs 21-40/G. Greer: The Female Eunuch (Body & anything else that takes your fancy) Week 4 March 13th:J.Austen: Emma Ch.40-end ;J. Mitchell: Psychoanalysis and Feminism(The Making of A Lady I & II Week 5 March 20th:C. Bronte:Jane Eyre Chs. 1-37-end; J. Mitchell: Psychoanalysis and Feminism (The feminists 1-6)) Week 6 March 27th:C. Bronte: Jane Eyre Chs.37-end; T. Moi Sexual Textual Politics - Part 1 Week 7 April 3rd:G. Eliot:The Mill on the Floss: Books 1-4/ T. Moi:Sexual Textual Politics (Part 2) Week 8 April 10th: G. Eliot: The Mill on The Floss; Books 4-7 / D. Haraway:Simians, Cyborgs and Women Week 9 April 17th:V. Woolf: Mrs Dalloway: J. Butler: Gender Trouble Chs.1-3 Week 10 April 24th: A. Carter; The Passion of New Eve; J. Butler: Gender Trouble Chs 4-6 Week 11 May 1st: No lesson.Public Holiday Week 12 May 8th: No lesson. Public Holiday Week 13.May 15th: Orlando(film).
Literature
  • Woolf, Virginia Mrs Dalloway London Penguin Classics
  • Woolf, Virginia A Room of One's Own London Faber and Faber
  • Moi Toril Sexual Textual Politics London Methuen 1985
  • Greer, Germaine The Female Eunuch
  • Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre London Penguin Classics
  • Millet Kate Sexual Politics
  • Hardy Thomas Tess of the D'Urbervilles London Penguin Classics
  • Butler Judith Gender Trouble London Routledge 1990
  • Haraway, Donna J Simians, Cyborgs and Women London Free Association Books 1991
  • Mitchell, Juliet Psychoanalysis and Feminism London Penguin 1990
  • Austen, Jane Emma London Penguin Classics
  • Carter, Angela The Passion of New Eve London Virago Press 1982
  • Defoe, Daniel Moll Flanders London Penguin Classics
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Participants are expected to find their own version of the fictional texts discussed on the course; the theoretical texts will be provided on ELF. Assessment: Oral contribution & attendance (30), 1 response paper (750-1,000 words) (20), essay (5-8 pages) (50).
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021.
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