LIT 4385 Gardner Spring 2021

We will read and discuss important works by six established writers: Mary Shelley, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Dickinson, Kate Chopin, Virginia Woolf and Zora Neale Hurston. Of particular importance will be the development of a strong female voice within the work and its relationship to the male-centered culture each writer inhabited. Examination of four central themes will aid in this process: issues of Creativity/Style, Concepts of Power, Gender Roles and Expectations, Monsters and Monstrousness. Exams on each book will take the shape of essay questions.