Feminist Writings

NPTEL is offering online course for undergraduate students in Feminist Writings.

About the course:

• This course seeks to study some of the key texts in feminist writings that engage with issues such as patriarchy, violence, embodiment, agency and identity.
• Through a careful study of selected fiction and non-fiction, the course aims to offer a complex understanding of gender and representation, drawing on literary as well as cultural studies.

Course Layout:

• Week 1: Introduction; Understanding Patriarchy
• Week 2: Understanding Patriarchy; Cyborg Manifesto
• Week 3: Understanding Patriarchy; Cyborg Manifesto
• Week 4: The Fly; Tickets, Please!
• Week 5: Tickets, Please! ; The Goblin Market
• Week 6: The Goblin Market; The Second Sex
• Week 7: The Second Sex; Tulips
• Week 8: Tulips; The Yellow Wallpaper
• Week 9: The Yellow Wallpaper; The Iraqi Nights
• Week 10: The Iraqi Nights; Gender Trouble
• Week 11: Gender Trouble; Remains of the Feast
• Week 12: Remains of the Feast; A Temporary Matter

Duration: 12 weeks
Enrollment Ends: September 21, 2020

For more details, please visit: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc20_hs58/preview