MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
CLS2750
Contemporary women's fiction and theory
Pauline Nestor
8 points + 2 hours per week + Second semester + Clayton + Prohibitions:
ENH2750/3750 and WMN3950
Synopsis The subject provides an introduction to feminist literary
theory and surveys contemporary fiction by women. A focus for study will be
offered by an examination of 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 subject will
allow students to build, if they choose, on the historical perspectives offered
by CLS3570 (Writing women).
Assessment Essay (3000 words): 50% + Two exercises (1500 words each ):
25% each + Students whose written work and participation are satisfactory will
be excused an examination
Prescribed texts
- Alther L Other women Penguin
- Anderson J Tirra Lirra by the river Penguin
- Atwood M Cat's eye Virago
- Hulme K The bone people Pan
- Lee H (ed.)The secret self: Short stories by women Dent
- Modjeska O Poppy McPhee Gribble
- Morrison T Beloved Picador
- Sarraute N Childhood John Calder
- Weldon F The life and loves of a she devil Coronet
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