Introduction to the World of Women's Literature
An introduction to one of my favorite subjects, Women's Literature. I’d like to first introduce myself and tell you a little bit about my love for Women’s Literature. My name is Kristin and I’m currently a sophomore in college. I’m married and I have a one and a half-year-old daughter that I absolutely adore. My husband is in... I’d like to first introduce myself and tell you a little bit about my love for Women’s Literature. My name is Kristin and I’m currently a sophomore in college. I’m married and I have a one and a half-year-old daughter that I absolutely adore. My husband is in the US Army, and is deployed fairly often which gives me a lot of free time to do the things I enjoy such as, reading and writing and spending time with my daughter.
Last semester I took a Women’s Literature course at our local community college, and not being familiar with Women’s lit myself, I thought it would be a fairly easy way to earn one of those dreaded Lit credits. Besides, it had to be somewhat interesting because after all I am a woman, and if anything, I could blow off a little steam about the opposite sex from time to time. Now don’t get me wrong, I love men. Some of the greatest people I’ve ever known were men. However, sometimes a girl just needs to have a place to vent. Anyway I’m getting a little off the subject here. I went to class the first day and I was amazed that there were at most only about ten people enrolled for the class, (nine women, and one very brave man). Now I know Women’s Lit isn’t as popular as the traditional American Lit or British Lit, but come on folks…ten people. I started thinking, "Oh God, this is gonna be one of those hellish classes where the instructor is a real jackass and only teaches this course for some extra money." I was so off base.
When our instructor walked into the room she brought in this incredibly refreshing quality with her. Finally, I had an instructor who was as passionate about the subject she was teaching, as she was the fact that she was teaching. The semester continued on, and I have to tell you, I have never sat through a class and actually wanted it to keep going on and on. It had to be the most intellectually challenging, and intriguing classes that I have ever had the pleasure of attending. The material we read in that class was some of the most amazing and brilliant pieces of work in literature today.
For those of you who are skeptics when it comes to any women’s groups please don’t be frightened by the name of the course. Some of the material is of course a little on the militant feminist side, but about 90% of the material is from women writers celebrating women and their experiences. We read works by Virginia Woolf, George Eliot, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Hisaye Yamamoto, and Sylvia Plath to name a few, (there were many more). We read works by women from all over the world and from different times and backgrounds; all sharing their experiences, feelings, and commonalities. I will always remember this class and I’m very thankful for the opportunity to have experienced such a wealth of creativity not only from the authors, but from our instructor and my classmates as well.
My goal for any future articles is to introduce those of you who may or may not normally approach Women’s Lit and refer you to some of my favorite pieces. I would also love to hear any feedback on good reading material or thoughts and comments on Women’s Lit, or your thoughts and comments on my articles as well. You can post a message for me on my message board and I will try to get back to you by the end of that day. I urge all of you to take a closer look at a branch of literature that has historically been overlooked, and who knows, you might just find what you’re looking for.
For my next article I will be critiquing Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s "The Yellow Wallpaper."
Last semester I took a Women’s Literature course at our local community college, and not being familiar with Women’s lit myself, I thought it would be a fairly easy way to earn one of those dreaded Lit credits. Besides, it had to be somewhat interesting because after all I am a woman, and if anything, I could blow off a little steam about the opposite sex from time to time. Now don’t get me wrong, I love men. Some of the greatest people I’ve ever known were men. However, sometimes a girl just needs to have a place to vent. Anyway I’m getting a little off the subject here. I went to class the first day and I was amazed that there were at most only about ten people enrolled for the class, (nine women, and one very brave man). Now I know Women’s Lit isn’t as popular as the traditional American Lit or British Lit, but come on folks…ten people. I started thinking, "Oh God, this is gonna be one of those hellish classes where the instructor is a real jackass and only teaches this course for some extra money." I was so off base.
When our instructor walked into the room she brought in this incredibly refreshing quality with her. Finally, I had an instructor who was as passionate about the subject she was teaching, as she was the fact that she was teaching. The semester continued on, and I have to tell you, I have never sat through a class and actually wanted it to keep going on and on. It had to be the most intellectually challenging, and intriguing classes that I have ever had the pleasure of attending. The material we read in that class was some of the most amazing and brilliant pieces of work in literature today.
For those of you who are skeptics when it comes to any women’s groups please don’t be frightened by the name of the course. Some of the material is of course a little on the militant feminist side, but about 90% of the material is from women writers celebrating women and their experiences. We read works by Virginia Woolf, George Eliot, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Hisaye Yamamoto, and Sylvia Plath to name a few, (there were many more). We read works by women from all over the world and from different times and backgrounds; all sharing their experiences, feelings, and commonalities. I will always remember this class and I’m very thankful for the opportunity to have experienced such a wealth of creativity not only from the authors, but from our instructor and my classmates as well.
My goal for any future articles is to introduce those of you who may or may not normally approach Women’s Lit and refer you to some of my favorite pieces. I would also love to hear any feedback on good reading material or thoughts and comments on Women’s Lit, or your thoughts and comments on my articles as well. You can post a message for me on my message board and I will try to get back to you by the end of that day. I urge all of you to take a closer look at a branch of literature that has historically been overlooked, and who knows, you might just find what you’re looking for.
For my next article I will be critiquing Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s "The Yellow Wallpaper."
By K M
Published: 2/1/2003
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