St.Joseph's College, Bangalore - 1 MA English - Syllabus 2008 - 2009: Gender Studies

Unit I: Introduction

1. Definition and significance of Gender Studies

2. Key Concepts: Patriarchy. Sex and Gender. Subjectivity, Power, Sexuality

3. Kate Millet : Theory of Sexual Politics

4. Susie Tharu and Tejaswini Nranjana : Problems for a Contemporary Theory Gender

Unite II: Women, Writing and Representation

1. Sashi Deshpande : "The Stone Woman"

2. Ismat Chugtai : "The Veil"

3. Sarat Chandra Chatterjee : Devdas

4. Urmila Pawar : Chauthi Bhint

5. Charlotte Perkins Gilman : The Yellow Wallpaper

Unite III: Gender Roles

1. Lauretta Ngcobo : African Motherhood: Fact and Fiction

2. Marianne Hirsch : Pictures of a Displaced Girlhood

3. Uma Chakravarty and Preeti Gill (eds): Selections from Shadows Lives Writing on Widowhood(Cases and Personal Narratives)

4. Lata Mani : Female Subject and the Colonial Gaze

5. Natraj Huliyar : Magic Nymph

6. Film Text : Rudali