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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[frumiousb.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's lovely. Frances Burney. Not quite the only reason that I dropped prevet to major in English, but at least one of the factors. She's considered a major influence on Austen and I like the book very much. Often shocking, actually, and for a romantic novel it is quite low on sentiment.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelina

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Oh, I'll have to check it out. I've read one or two of her plays, I think. It would be an interesting choice... again, maybe another year.

Sigh. So many books, so little time :)