Last week we spent discussing feminist literary readings of texts born of or oriented to the patriarchy. This week we'll be moving into more abstract questions of Subjectivity and Gender. For Monday, read the introduction entitled 'Subjectivity and Gender' in Modern Literary Theory and then the excerpt from Helene Cixous 'Sorties' (226-235). You'll notice recognize the attention to '/' from our discussions thus far, but will probably find the text otherwise difficult, so give it time.
In addition read 'Debbieland' by Aimee Bender found to the right. The other Bender story, which has an obscene name and an obscenely named character, is interesting and relates to our readings but I leave it to your discretion to read. If you have problems with foul language, stay away. Sorry, but both pdfs seem to have come out upside down.
Lastly, in completing our work from last week, write a 250-400 word response in which you think about a text of your choice as a feminist critic might read it. What would be the dominant/patriarchal reading of the work? What might we call the subversive? What aspects of the work would a feminist literary critic be drawn to or emphasize?
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