English 390 - Women And Voice: Roots of a Feminist Idea

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Macalester College

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Who is speaking, especially when a male author represents a woman speaker Why does second-wave feminism invest so much urgency in the notion that women must have a voice Why does literature and art so often associate the feminine with voice and sound: What do poets and artists do with tropes of the maternal voice, the singing woman, the operatic diva, the garrulous woman, women's sharp tongues (and, in real life, brutal scold'sbridles), the maternal lullaby, the "sonorous cavern" of the womb, the music lesson in which the instructor is aman, the student a woman keyboard player, for example How do feminist theorists intervene in these traditions, turn them to account, make something of them Who is speaking, and why does it matter Readings might include the Biblical Wisdom books, Sappho, Ovid, Chaucer, Erasmus, H. Cixous, Luce Irigaray, Kaja Silverman, Sigmund Freud. Alternate years. (4 credits)

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4.00

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www.macalester.edu

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(651) 696-6000

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North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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