[ENGL 2Q99] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (12 pages long!)

• School: Brock University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 2Q99
• Professor: Sharlene Cranston

Document Summary

What is safety: having a safe environment that is free of judgement and oppression. Having the ability to express ideas freely but also being careful to not hurt anyone with the things you might say. Why study literature in a women"s and gender studies program? (or at all?) Having a class entirely devoted to studying literature from a gender perspective will give a deep reading of the material. Literature is a form of media, media affects people"s ideas and beliefs, understanding women"s place in the media and in writing in specific will help you understand more about a womans status in society. Cultural studies (all texts produced by a certain culture are artifacts of that culture, reflect the culture) Death of the author (barthes) author"s intention doesn"t really matter. Poetry is not a luxury (lorde) innate womanness, poetry won"t change the world, it needs to be coupled with action, but it is essential.