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Description

This course examines the literary production of a range of twentieth century women writers in France, Britain, the United States, New Zealand, Vietnam and Australia. Perspectives within which this writing will be placed include literary and political aspects of feminist theory; the intersection of questions of gender, class, race and ethnicity, and sexualities; the specific situation of women writers at particular historical periods and in particular places; women and colonisation; feminine articulations of "madness"; sexual politics.

Assessment

Essay One

30%

Book review

10%

Tutorial Participation

10%

Essay Two

40%

Take Home Exam

10%

Other Details

Offered in: 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006
Current Campus: St Lucia
Levels: Undergraduate
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