ENG4363 – Women Writing: Feminist Fiction in English

Course content

This is a course in English-language feminist fiction from the nineteenth and/or twentieth century. Students will study a selection of novels and/or short stories that focus on women’s lives and reflect on what it means to be a woman and a feminist from various sexual, racial, class, and national perspectives.

The course will consider the development and thematics of feminist fiction and its contribution to the development of new narrative techniques.

Learning outcome

After completing this course, you:

  • know some of the developments, themes, and narrative strategies of English-language feminist fiction
  • can analyse literary texts through the perspective of gender
  • can use secondary literature in your own research
  • can engage in scholarly debates about feminist fiction

Admission to the course

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If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

The course assumes a good proficiency in written and oral English.

Overlapping courses

Teaching

Seminars, 2?hours weekly for 14 weeks.?28 hours in all.

Obligatory activities:

  • It is obligatory to show up for a minimum of 60% of the teaching. In this course you have to attend 8 of 14 seminars. The requirement is absolute.

The allowed absence limit will cover all absences, including illness. You will not be granted valid absences with documentation, even when