MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University

Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

ENH1050

Configurations of the female: revising the myths

J Strauss

6 points + 2.5 hours per week + Second semester + Clayton + Prerequisites: ENH1010 or ENH1060/DTS1060 or ENH1111/CLS1010. Completion/enrolment in WMN2110 or WMN2120 may gain exemption

Synopsis The subject will examine contemporary re-writing of certain myths as a strategy in the development of feminist discourse, presenting such re-writing as part of a long history of re-visioning and re-inscribing mythic material. It will involve detailed study of a set of variations on particular female figures occurring in English literature but derived from various sources: Biblical, classical, Celtic, and folklore.

Assessment Exercise (1000 words): 20% + Essay (1500 words): 30% + Examination (2 hours): 40% + Attendance and participation: 10%

Prescribed texts

Atwood M Bluebeard's egg and other stories Virago
Bradley M The mists of Avalon Sphere
Carter A The bloody chamber and other stories Penguin
Fahey D Metamorphoses Dangaroo Press
Graves R The Greek myths Penguin
Homer The Odyssey tr. E V Rieu, Penguin
Malory Sir Thomas Works ed. E Vinaver, 2nd edn, OUP

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