麻省理工學院「開放式課程網頁」 | 文學 | 21L.512 2003春季課程：美國作家：美國女性作家

本課程的主題，橫跨了文學與女性研究兩個領域，乃在研討從十七世紀至目前為止，一系列的美國女性作家。除了介紹幾個不同的文學類型與風格：包括敘述被俘虜的經驗、關於奴隸的故事、聳動性的小說、感傷的抒懷、真實的故事、以及後現代小說以外，同時也指出美國女性歷史中的幾個重大事件：包括早期移民的清教徒教義、美國獨立革命、十九世紀的工業化與都市化、一九二零年代美國黑人的哈林文藝復興、第二次世界大戰、以及一九六零年代的民權運動。聚焦於性別這個基本的核心，本課程將研究並瞭解下列幾個議題: 戰爭、暴力、以及性剝削 (Keller, Rowlandson, Rowson); 女人與宗教的關係(Rowlandson, Rowson, Stowe); 女人的勞動、貧窮、以及工作環境(Fern, Davis, Wharton);被俘擄、被奴役(Rowlandson, Jacobs); 階級鬥爭(Fern, Davis, Wharton, Larsen); 種族與認同(Keller, Jacobs, Larsen, Morrison); 女性主義對歷史的再修正(Stowe, Morrison, Keller); 以及對墮落女人的謎思(請自選讀物)。研究報告及課堂報告必須集中於特定作家及特定主題，並且要注重對讀物的徹底了解、做評註、與從事研究的能力，必要時還須能運用多媒體資料。本課程已建立了一套電子檔案，學生可由其中取得需要的影像及其他媒體資料。

This subject, cross-listed in Literature and Women's Studies, examines a range of American women authors from the seventeenth century to the present. It aims to introduce a number of literary genres and styles- the captivity narrative, slave novel, sensational, sentimental, realistic, and postmodern fiction- and also to address significant historical events in American women's history: Puritanism, the American Revolution, industrialization and urbanization in the nineteenth century, the Harlem Renaissance, World War II, the 60s civil rights movements. A primary focus will be themes studied and understood through the lens of gender: war, violence, and sexual exploitation (Keller, Rowlandson, Rowson); the relationship between women and religion (Rowlandson, Rowson, Stowe); labor, poverty, and working conditions for women (Fern, Davis, Wharton); captivity and slavery (Rowlandson, Jacobs); class struggle (Fern, Davis, Wharton, Larsen); race and identity (Keller, Jacobs, Larsen, Morrison); feminist revisions of history (Stowe, Morrison, Keller); and the myth of the fallen woman (take your pick). Essays and in-class reports will focus more particularly on specific writers and themes and will stress the skills of close reading, annotation, research, and uses of multimedia where appropriate.