Literature 3242 - Contemporary Women Writers

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Bard College

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GSS Though there have long been brilliant and influential women writers (Sappho, Hildegard of Bingen, and Christine de Pisan are some early examples), for much of literary history their work has been overshadowed by their more numerous and voluble male counterparts. In English and American literature, this balance began to shift in the 19th century, when writers like Jane Austen, George Eliot, and Emily Dickinson emerged as some of the most influential voices of their respective generations. Male and female authors now stand on equal footing in the literary world, yet the balance remains shifted slightly toward the study of male authors. This course addresses this imbalance by devoting a semester to reading a wide variety of American women fiction writers, including Deborah Eisenberg, Amy Hempel, Edwidge Danticat, Rishi Reddi, Kelly Link, Judy Budnitz,Marilynne Robinson, Allegra Goodman, Aoibheann Sweeney, and Marly Youmans.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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