Introduction to the Class: Underlined words are links to further information.

• Welcome

• Course Requirements

• Participating in Discussion

• Class Schedule is below. It is tentative and may be revised; new links will be posted. Do not rely on a printed copy. 

General Weekly schedule

• Links to new lectures will be posted on  Tuesdays.
  
• On Mondays or Tuesdays, discussion topics will also be posted.You have until the following Sunday night to finish the discussion. Remember that you must log in to the forum at least 2 separate times during the week and read the postings, as well as add your own. The first posting must be done by Thursdays and the last by Sunday night no later than 11:30 pm. See "Participating in Discussion" above for more information.
• Journals are due Monday nights at the same time (except for Week 1, of course).  
  

Week 1: 

• Women in History (Lecture)
  

On the Internet, read:

(Click on the underlined titles to access the stories)

"Two Friends”(1887) by Mary Wilkins Freeman.

Kate Chopin, “The Story of an Hour” (1894)  

Week 2: Feb. 12
Access Module 2
Read:

"The Yellow Wallpaper”(1899) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman;

[ Option: Listen to the dramatized version ]

"Personal Appearances” (1981)by Susan Dodd, Parts 1 and 2; also“The Kind of Woman Who Could Get Away With That” (links at bottom of the story)

"Wears Jump Suit. Sensible Shoes. Uses Husband's Last Name" (1993) by Deborah Tannen

Week 3: Feb. 19
Access Module 3.
Read:

"Trifles: A Play in One Act" (1920) by Susan Glaspell

AUDIOhttp://wiredforbooks.org/trifles/

Quiz 1 (covers material in weeks 1-3) posted Friday, Feb. 23

Week 4: Feb. 26
Access Module 4
Read:

"Little Red Riding-Hood" (1687) by Charles Perrault

"The Company of Wolves" (1979) by Angela Carter

"Seeing" (2001) by Daphne Kalotay.

“The History” (1996) by Patricia Sarafian Ward

Quiz 1 due Saturday, March 3.

Week 5: March 5
Access Module 5
Read:

"Boys and Girls"(1968) by Alice Munro..

"Recitatif" (1983) by Toni Morrison

"Silver Water,"(1991) by Amy Bloom

Week 6: March 12
Access Module 6.
Read:

"Through the Water of the Clouds" by Sharon May

"Victoria" by Hilding Johnson

"Shiloh," (1982)by Bobbie Ann Mason

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Read The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, Chapters 1-7.

Midterm paper assignment available.

Quiz 2 due Saturday, March 24.

Week 8: March 26
Access Module 8.
Finish reading The Bean Trees.

Week of April 2: Spring Vacation

Week 9: April 9
Access Module 9.
Midterm due Wednesday, April 11.
Read

Everyday Use" (1973) by Alice Walker

"La Guera" (1979) by Cherrie Moraga

"Cut"(2005) by Megan Lindholm

Week 10: April 16:
Access Module 10.
Read:

"Goddesses" by Linda Nagata

Quiz3 available (covers material of weeks 7-10)

Week 11: April 23
Access Module 11.
Read

"The Women Men Don't See"(1974) by James Tiptree Jr.

”Diamond Girls” (2005) by Louise Marley

"Mahmoud's Wives" (2006) by Janis Ian

Quiz 3 due Saturday, April 28.

Week 12: April 30
Access Module 12.
Read Solitaire by Kelley Eskridge, pp. 1-135.

Week 13: May 7
Access Module 13.
Read Solitaire, pp. 136-249.

Week 14: May 14
Access Module 14.
Read Solitaire pp. 250-353 (end).

Final Exam posted.

Quiz 4 (covering readings for weeks 11-15) posted.

Week 15: May 21

Access Module 15.
Read

"Two Words"(1989)by Isabelle Allende

"Of Mist, Grass and Sand"(l973) by Vonda McIntyre

["Two Myths"] from Sexual Politics (1969) by Kate Millett

Quiz 4 due Saturday, May 26.

Final Exam due Monday, June 4, 11:30 pm.