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  • WSTD 255: Topics in the 19th-Century Novel

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. This course explores an aspect of the 19th-century novel intensively; specific course topics will vary from year to year.
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  • WSTD 257: Contemporary Fiction and Film in Japan

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Kano. This course will explore fiction and film in contemporary Japan, from 1945 to the present. Topics will include literary and cinematic representation of Japan s war experience and post-war reconstruction, negotiation with Japanese classics, confrontation with the state, and changing ideas of gender and sexuality. We will explore these and other questions by analyzing texts of various genres, including film and film scripts, novels, short stories, mangazines, and academic essays. Class sessions will combine lectures, discussion, audio-visual materials, and creative as well as analytical writing exercises. The course is taught in English, although Japanese materials will be made available upon request. No prior coursework in Japanese literature, culture, or film is required or expected; additional secondary materials will be available for students taking the course at the 600 level. Writers and film directors examined may include: Kawabata Yasunari, Hayashi Fumiko, Abe Kobo, Mishima Yukio, Oe Kenzaburo, Yoshimoto Banana, Ozu Yasujiro, Naruse Mikio, Kurosawa Akira, Imamura Shohei, Koreeda Hirokazu, and Beat Takeshi.
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  • WSTD 260: Advanced Topics in Narrative

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. This course explores an aspect of the novel intensively, asking how novels work and what they do to us and for us. Specific course topics will vary from year to year.
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  • WSTD 265: Sex and Reproduction in Humans:a Biocultural Approach

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Valeggia. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 003. An exploration of human reproduction from an evolutionary and biosocial perspective. Focuses on physiological, ecological, and social aspects of human reproduction with a life cycle approach. Also explores human reproductive strategies in a variety of cultural settings. Topics include cognitive and behavioural differences between men and women and male and female reproductive strategies. Examples are drawn primarily feom traditional and modern human societies; data from studies of non-human primates are also considered.
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  • WSTD 266: Topics in Modern British Novels

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Mahaffey. The course explores an aspect of 20th-century literature intensively; specific course topics will vary from year to year.
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  • WSTD 268: Women and Human Rights in Africa

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Staff. Is violence against women a violation of human rights regardless of whether this occurs in the private or public spheres Should rape and sexual violence against women and girls in situations of armed conflict be considered as war crimes As gender issues have become central to the development dialogue, the linkages between human rights, gender and development have become increasingly apparent and especially relevant for the African continent. A primary goal of the course will be to reveal the gendered nature of human rights issues and the ecurrent application of human rights concepts in Africa. It will also illuminate issues affecting women in all facets of life including rape and forced pregnancy during war time and expanding definitions of torture, freedom of expression, violence, internal displacement and refugees as stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Class assignments will be designed to craft a vision and application of human rights that are truly relevant to women and men alike.
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  • WSTD 270: Folklore and Sexuality

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Azzolina. Sexuality is not only a biological act or fact, it also has a creative and aesthetic element. This course examines the folklore elements of sexuality and includes historical readings such as the Bible and the Decameron as well as a contemporary look at topics such as body art and clothing choice. A field-based paper will be required and a final examination will be given on class discussions and readings.
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  • WSTD 275: Advanced Topics in Theatre

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Malague, Lafferty. This course will combine an intensive practical and intellectual investigation of some area of the making of theatre: performance techniques, theatrical styles, a particular period of theatre history. One section of 275 in the Spring will include six Theatre Arts students, who will have been selected by the Theatre Arts faculty to participate in the annual "Edinburgh Project," and will form an ensemble to mount a production that will travel to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August. Many of the readings and exercises in this course will be geared to preparing the ensemble for rehearsals for this production, which will not formally begin until after the exam period. Students enrolled in the course who are NOT part of the Edinburgh ensemble will be invited to participate in creating the piece that will be taken by the ensemble to Edinburgh.
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  • WSTD 279: Women in Theatre and Performance

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Malague. Theatre began as a form that excluded women entirely. The plays of ancient Greece and Elizabethan England were written and performed only by men, beginning a long tradition of theatre that represented women only from male perspectives. Has that tradition been so dominant for so long that women's voices on stage are still a novelty This course focuses on a wide range of plays and performances by and about women; the work we read (and view) will evidence artistic attempts to represent women's lives, experiences and perspectives on the stage. Among the issues encountered and examined in these works are the roles of love, sexuality, friendship, career, community, marriage, motherhood, family, and feminism in women's lives - as well as the economic and political position(s) of women in society. The course will also offer contextual background on feminist theatre history, theory, and literature, the diverse (and divergent) creative efforts of female artists to use live performance as a means of creating social and political change.
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  • WSTD 280: Feminist Political Thought

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Society Sector. All classes. Hirschmann. This course is designed to provide an overview of the variety of ideas, approaches, and subfields within feminist political thought. Readings and divided into three sections: contemporary theorizing about the meaning of "feminism";women in the history of Western political thought; and feminist theoretical approaches to practical political problems and issues, such as abortion and sexual assault.
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