ENH2750 - Contemporary Women's Fiction and Theory

Leader(s): Pauline Nestor

Offered

Clayton Second semester 2009 (Day)

Synopsis

The unit provides an introduction to feminist literary theory and surveys contemporary fiction by women. A focus for study will be offered by an examination of the uses of autobiography, re-vision and re-construction - the act of 're-membering the self', which is one of the fundamental preoccupations of contemporary women's writing. The unit will enable students to build, if they choose, on the historical perspectives offered by ENH2570 (Writing Women).

Assessment

Essay (2500 words): 60%
Test (2 hours): 40%

Contact hours

2 hour seminar per week

Prerequisites

A first-year sequence in English or permission

Prohibitions

ENH3750