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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : English

106-263/363 Feminist Fictions

Availability:

Not offered in 1997.

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Marion Campbell and Annamarie Jagose

Contact:

One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial per week.

Content:

This subject studies feminist uses of popular genres such as romance, crime, fantasy and science fiction, focusing on the politics of generic appropriation and literary experimentation.

Assessment:

Written work of not more than 5000 words.

Prescribed Texts:

  • M Atwood, Lady Oracle, Virago.
  • M Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale, Virago.
  • O Butler, Dawn, Warner.
  • O Butler, Kindred, Beacon.
  • A Carter, Nights at the Circus, Chatto & Windus.
  • A Carter, Wise Children, Faber.
  • P Cornwall, Postmortem, Warner.
  • L Dick, Without Falling, Serpent's Tail.
  • M Fallon, Working Hot, Sybylla.
  • J McKemmish, A Gap in the Records, Sybylla.
  • S Paretsky, Tunnel Vision, Penguin.
  • F Weldon, The Life and Loves of a She Devil, Hodder & Stoughton.
  • B Wilson, The Dog Collar Murder, s Virago.
  • J Winterson, Sexing the Cherry, Vintage.
  • J Winterson, Written on the Body, Jonathan Cape.
  • M Wittig, The Lesbian Body, Beacon.
  • J McKemmish, Only Lawyers Dancing, A & R.
  • F Moorhead, Still Murder, Penguin.
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