LITERATURE 170 - Women and Comedy.Bilger

Institution:

Claremont McKenna College

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Description:

A study of women's comic writing in poetry, prose, drama, and fiction. We will begin with the first professional woman playwright, Aphra Behn, and read British and American authors from the 17th century to the present, including Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Charlotte Lennox, Elizabeth Inchbald, "Fanny Fern,"Emily Dickinson, Marietta Holley, Virginia Woolf, Dorothy Parker, and Fay Weldon. We will conclude with a segment on stand-up comedy. Special attention will be given to feminist theories of comedy and to a consideration of comedy as a vehicle for social criticism. Offered every other year.

Credits:

1.50

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.claremontmckenna.edu/

Phone Number:

(909) 621-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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