So how is A Room of One's Own going?! I hope you are happily reading by now! I know this non-fiction piece can be difficult to get into -- just keep plugging away!

Click here for a great web link that can offer some structured help as you go through this text. You could also do a quick Google search and probably find tons of web sites that offer summaries. I don't mind if you use these resources as help, as long as you continue reading the text of course!

PS: We will start class tomorrow with an article I just saw on npr.org about the definition of "chick lit" -- a label that came up briefly in our last class. What is this genre? Are women oppressing themselves by writing such novels? Is the label misleading?

Welcome to Fall 2010!

Welcome to our honors section of LIT 117: Literature by Women! Our class will run more like a seminar this semster; that is, you will be talking a lot! (about the readings! about questions or comments you have! or even challenging something I said!).

To start our class off, we will be watching a DVD on Thursday called "Behind a Mask: Six Women Finding a Space to Write" -- I am hoping that this will give everyone a contextual background to the readings coming up, including Virginia Woolf's famous book, A Room of One's Own.

So what can you do in the meantime?! Buy Woolf's first book so we can get started with our discussions next week!