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Syllabus for Jane Barstow's "Women Writing about Marriage"
| Syllabus for Women Writing about Marriage in Changing Times & Cultures presented by Jane Barstow, PhD, Professor Emerita, University of Hartford. January 28 Commonalities and differences in married women’s lives. Background on Sawako Ariyoshi and the Tokugawa era in Japan. To read: The Doctor’s Wife (1967), first 8 chapters pp.3-89. February 4 Finish reading and discussion of The Doctor’s Wife. Background on Mariama Ba and post-Independence Senegal. To read: So Long a Letter (1980), first 13 chapters, pp. 1-38. February 11 Finish reading and discussion of So Long a Letter. Background on Kate Chopin and 19th century Creole culture. To read: The Awakening (1899), chapters 1-10, pp. 51. February 18 Finish reading and discussion of The Awakening. Commonalities and differences in the lives of our three protagonists. Final thoughts. Recommendations for future reading. Almost every introductory anthropology text has a chapter on marriage and families across cultures… To think about: Note on books: Used copies of all three books are available on Amazon. You can also download a free copy of So Long a Letter at https://openlibrary.org/ |