Last week we spent discussing feminist literary readings of texts born of or oriented to the patriarchy. This week we'll be moving into more abstract questions of Subjectivity and Gender. For Monday, read the introduction entitled 'Subjectivity and Gender' in Modern Literary Theory, and the excerpt from Helene Cixous 'Sorties' (226-235), Luce Irigaray's 'Sexual Difference' and the Judith Butler excerpt from Bodies that Matter . You'll notice recognize the attention to '/' from our discussions thus far, but will probably find the text otherwise difficult, so give it time.
For the blog, choose a quotation from two of the readings and use them to try to come to a conclusion about what these authors are getting at. That is, what are they interested investigating (and it should be distinct from the projects of feminist critics as we've described them thus far)? What overlaps can you find? Can you define their project? Be sure to refer to their texts in your attempt to arrive at a coherent description.
It's also more theoretical reading than we're used to for one day, but get through it and we'll complete the unit on Feminism.
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