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PSYC379
Experience and Text
PSYC379 SP
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Next Offered in 9798 SP
We will explore how a text evokes experiences, memories and
dreams in us and in turn how our lives shape our engagements
with myths, fictions and essays. Texts concerning the
intersection of gender, madness and race will be the center
of our focus.
MAJOR READINGS
Andrea Carlisle, THE RIVERHOUSE STORIES
C.P.Gilman, THE YELLOW WALLPAPER
Audre Lorde, ZAMI: A NEW SPELLING OF MY NAME
Anne Schaef, WHEN SOCIETY BECOMES AN ADDICT
Films: A Question of Silence
Sonia Speaks: Going Farther Out of Our Minds
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Project and papers
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Unless
preregistered students attend the first class meeting or
communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first
class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE:
Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the
Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Prerequisites:
PSYC204
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
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Reference:
Moraga, Cherrie, THIS BRIDGE CALLED MY BACK
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