Through the centuries, women's writing has been ignored, criticized and maligned. It was only in the 1970s and 80s that the place of women in literature was recognized and their originality and creativity fully studied. In this course,  we will examine how women authors break with social language and literary codes, how they express themselves through familiar genres such as the novel and poetry but also less "mainstream" ones: fairy tales and letters. We will view these women not as the object of desire or discourse, but as subjects thinking and creating independently, expressing their desires, their wishes for themselves and humanity, their vision of society and the world, and their own experience of love, power and powerlessness.

Units: 1

Max Enrollment: 14

Prerequisites: FREN 202, or an equivalent departmental placement score.

Distribution Requirements: LL - Language and Literature

Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Fall; Not Offered