Oppression of Women -- A Historical Overview

   Introduction

   Examples: 

     1. John Berger: Ways of Seeing

     2. Edgar Allan Poe: The Oval Portrait' 

     3. The Pre-Raphaelite Women

     4.  In an Artist's studio: C. Rossetti's poems;

          Dante Gabriell Rossetti's poem and paintings

Women's Movement & Women's Discourse (French Feminism) 

History  of women's movements & French Feminism

House Keeping and Female Artist

Some (Visual) Feminist strategies: Margaret Atwood "Spelling"; Marlene Noubese Philip "Universal Grammar"
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Example〈安卓珍妮〉

Cindy Sherman; Barbara Kruger

Margaret Atwood: Surfacing(1)

Margaret Atwood: Surfacing(2)

a. Student Report(1): Frida

b. Student Report(2): Frida

c. Surfacing  (Chapter:13-14)

d. Review

 Structuralism and Post-structuralism

Linguistic (De-) Constructions of Meanings and Subjectivities

Structuralist Reading of Narratives; Propp & Greimas
e.g. "The Long Enchantment"; "Should Wizard Hit Mommy?"

From Structuralism to Poststructuralism: Binary Opposition & Deconstruction

chap 6 (123-33)

the self-conscious modes in contemporary popular culture

Examples: e.g. Deconstruction example: "The Blind Man"
group report 2 2nd journal due

student report: into the woods

"The Blind Man"

 IV. Ecocriticism: Nature Beyond Language?

Examples: "Immortality Ode," "To Autumn"

Group report 3: If These Walls Could Talk II

Some Romantic Poems

some poems by Mary Oliver; Sand County Almanac: "The Land Ethic"
Group report 4: Nell

Some Poems : Mary Oliver

Group report 5

Surfacing: Part 3