WSTD 405 - Topics in Women and Literature

Institution:

University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

Shawcross. This course will consider issues relating to the documentation and interpretation of women's lives. Through research in the personal papers of various women who lived in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the class will focus on the following questions: what documents survive and why (and what don't survive and why); how do published texts on the subject compare to unpublished ones and why; and to what extent, if any, did gender inhibit or facilitate the fulfillment of aspirations or vocations of these women and why. Course requirements comprise participation in weekly class sessions on the progress of one's research and difficulties and discoveries therein and a paper of journal-length size relating to a subject in which primary source materials have been extensively consulted. The paper should include a bibliography of published accounts and a critical evaluation of surviving papers. A list of possible subjects compiled by the professor will draw on resources available in several Penn repositories, including the Department of Special Collections, the University Archives and Records Center, and the Center for the Study of History or in other special libraries in the Phildelphia area.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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