Reading the feminine: sexuality and power in nineteenth-century France
B Nelson
8 points * 3 hours per week * Second semester * Clayton
An introduction to representations of women in the context of social history. The subject will examine images of the prostitute and the maidservant, the themes of marriage and adultery, the figure of the femme fatale, gender and social class, women as consumers, women and public life. It will raise questions concerning narrative strategies, psychoanalytic theory and feminist criticism.
Assessment
Short essay (1000 words): 20% * Long essay (2500 words): 50% * Tutorial paper (1500 words): 30%
Prescribed texts
Course booklet (to be purchased from the department)
Flaubert Madame Bovary GF-Flammarion
Zola Nana GF-Flammarion