The Stuyvesant High School Online Course Guide

---

This course is open to seniors who wish to examine issues of power, education, sexuality, body image, relationships, representation, and gender roles - to name a few topics - from a pro-female perspective. Through our reading of novels, short stories, poems, and articles, we will investigate our own assumptions and prejudices, and examine the ways in which these issues have been treated by a number of women authors during the 20th century. We will focus both on the subjects these women bring up and the ways in which they write, expressing their voices in forms often different from those used by their male counterparts.

We will also examine the ways in which women bring other aspects of their identity - race, class, sexual orientation - into their work. Authors will include Margaret Atwood, Toni Morrison, Maxine Hong Kingston, Jeanette Winterson, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Audre Lorde. Writing assignments will include personal reflections, analytical papers, and creative pieces. Active participation in class discussion is essential. Course content is discussed in a liberal manner; have an open mind and be respectful of others' opinions. This course is offered in both the fall and spring semesters, but may only be taken for one term.