Saints and Sinners – Fall 2009
Joy Strickland
Course Description
Often times, society portrays the ideal image of women as a virtuous and faithful rule follower. We will ask ourselves why this is considered the “ideal” and what occurs to women who do not follow societal conventions. We will examine how literature reflects the prevailing female stereotypes, and also explore how the image of women has changed in literature and media in our current lives.
Texts:
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights
Kate Chopin, The Awakening
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth
Henrik Ibsen, A Doll’s House / Hedda Gabler
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper
Sir Arthur Doyle, A Scandal in Bohemia
Susan Glaspell, A Jury of Her Peers
Bram Stoker, Dracula
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