If You Were Teaching...

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a one semester 2nd year college course in "Women's Lit," what novel would you teach???

I'm thinking about Jane Eyre, but would welcome other suggestions, just NOT The Handmaid's Tale, please.

ETA and not Mrs Dalloway, much as I love it, because I teach it in my 20th century lit course that some of my students in this upcoming course might have taken. And lidocafe teaches it in hers, so the same argument applies.

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[deepforestowl.livejournal.com]

if you do Jane Eyre, you should do Wide Sargasso Sea. To The Lighthouse, A Room of One's Own, Middlemarch, The Awakening, The Bell Jar, I could go on for awhile. All great books. Good luck and you are damn lucky to have gotten such a course. I am jealous!

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I think To The Lighthouse is too hard, and Middlemarch too long (have to be realistic about the abilities of 2nd year college students). The Awakening - yes, a possibility, though if I were doing something non British I'd probably consider a Canadian. (Canon is slightly different north of the 49th). Carol Shields comes to mind - Unless is a great book. I'm also considering a Muriel Spark (Prime, anyone?).

Yes - I'm really looking forward to the course, and shall enjoy planning it over the next few months.

[deepforestowl.livejournal.com]

Atwood is brilliant, she does have other books besides the handmaids tale....good luck!