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Sections offered SPRING 2020:

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RICHARD CECIL

MW 1:00pm-2:15pm MW 2:30pm-3:45pm

HU 108 HU 111

CLASS NOTES: Completion of the English composition requirement; COLL Intensive Writing section; IUB GenEd A&H credit; COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit

In this section of H211 we will read ancient to early modern dramas and epics with a special focus on the roles women play in those works, as well as a great memoir, the 14th century Confessions of Lady Nijo, and what many consider to be the first great modern novel, the 10th century The Tale of Gengi, both written by women. Beginning with the depiction of women in Gilgamesh, the oldest epic, as mothers, prostitutes, and barmaids, and ending with Shakespeare’s cynical depiction of a shallow, sophisticated, “modern,” faithless female lover, we’ll trace the history and development of female characters in fiction. There will be three 3-5 page critical essays, and a final, 6-10 page creative paper which will consist of a scene from the point of view of one of the women who appear in one or more of the text – a scene in which her version of the “facts” is dramatized. Each student’s creative assignment will be distributed to the class and discussed in the final two weeks of the course.

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