REPRESENTATIONS OF WOMEN IN THE 19TH C.

AMERICAN LITERATURE
(Reprezentări ale femeii în literatura americană a sec. XIX)

RE III IFR, 2011-2012 (Term II)

Classes:
17-03- 14:00- Curs opţional - literatura americană: Reprezentări ale ŞTEFANOVICI
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2012 18:00 femeii în literatura americană a sec. XIX (S) Smaranda
28-04- 14:00- Curs opţional - literatura americană: Reprezentări ale ŞTEFANOVICI
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2012 18:00 femeii în literatura americană a sec. XIX (S) Smaranda
13-05- 12:00- Curs opţional - literatura americană: Reprezentări ale ŞTEFANOVICI
S R 39
2012 14:00 femeii în literatura americană a sec. XIX (S) Smaranda

Tutor:
 Stefanovici Anda, Associate Professor, Ph.D. (SEMINAR)
“Petru Maior” University of Tg. Mures
Email: andastefanovici@yahoo.com
Mobile: 0746-439212
Yahoogroup: LMA2009-2012@yahoogroups.com

REPRESENTATIONS OF WOMAN AND WOMANHHOD

COMPULSORY READINGS: from Mary Ann Ferguson, Images of Women in Literature

(Resource Room) / 121 pages

PART 1: TRADTIONAL IMAGES OF WOMEN:

A. IMAGE ONE: THE WIFE
 17.03.2102 B. Mukherjee: A Wife’s Story (58-69) = Stefanovici Anda
 28.04.2012. L. Brown: Facing the Music (87-91)

B. THE MOTHER (17.03.2012)

 28.04.2012. J. Clausen: Daddy (151-154)
 28.04.2012. M. Apple: Bridging (181-188)
 28.04.2012. V.L.Sears: Grace (189-203)

C. WOMAN ON A PEDESTAL (17.03.2012)

 28.04.2012. J. Stafford: The End of a Career (228-240)
 28.04.2012. Z.N.Hurston: Erzulie Freida (258-263)
D. THE SEX OBJECT (28.04.2012)
 12.05.2012. P.Marshall: Brooklyn (274-289)
 12.05.2012. M.Angelou: From I Know why the Caged Bird Sings (317-323)

E. WOMEN WITHOUT MEN (28.04.2012)

 12.05.2012. S.A.Grau: Home (398-411)
 12.05.2012. K. Chopin: The Story of an Hour (412-414)

PART 2: WOMAN BECOMING (28.04.2012)

 12.05.2012. H.Yamamoto: Seventeen Syllables (474-484)
 12.05.2012. J.S.Wong: A Person as well as a Female (526-532)

IF you intend to prepare a workshop for 28.04.2012 please let me know in due time, i.e. till
the end of March: the theme (the wife; the mother; woman on a pedestal; the sex object;
women without men; woman becoming) + the names

For WORKSHOPS:
- read the texts assigned on that date
- have your own copy with you (most important)
- come prepared with anything special about the author/autobiography, which is related to
the theme
- prepare according to the theme (e.g. the wife, the mother, etc.)
- be familiar with text vocabulary
- we will work on the text

Evaluation:
- Presentation Skills
- Content
- English proficiency (pronunciation, grammar, spelling, meaning)

For written EXAM *Colloquium* The students who were not part of any course workshop, being
absent for several reasons. Please speak to each other in case you decide to have a workshop on a
topic from the course syllabus. And then please let me know as well.
* there will be a scheduled exam, NOT colloquium.

- to write a short essay/comment on “woman and womanhood” as presented in two short

stories from the seminar list, (chosen from Ferguson’s collection): a comparative analysis
(the wife; the mother; woman on a pedestal; the sex object; women without men; woman
becoming). (250-300 words). If you do not bring a copy of the short stories at the exam,
which you are going to hand in together with the short essay, you will not be able to write
the essay.
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Women in the 19th C. American Literature

Attendance (1p) Col

(5p) +
No. *RR Final
Name 1p (ex-
crt. (1p) grade
officio)

Alexandru I. A/
1.
Diana-Carmen
Andrei I. Ioana- A/
2.
Maria
Balog I.
3.
Annamária
4. Borz V. Laura A/
Buda G.
5. (Brândaş)
Corina-Rodica
Buta Gh. A/
6. Georgeta-
Anamaria
Cătărig I. Alina-
7.
Ioana
Câmpean P.
8.
Doina-Aluniţa
Chirteş D. Dana-
9.
Maria
Chirteş Z. Zinia-
10.
Floarea
Duca I.
11. (Munteanu)
Liliana-Crinuţa
Fábián S. Nóra- A/
12.
Eniko
Foris P. (Kocsis) A/
13.
Erika-Ilona
Gaciţă P. (Vidru)
14.
Daniela-Violeta
Köblös E. Endre- A/
15.
Loránd
Laczko I.
16. (Orosz) Tünde-
Matild
17. Lukács B. Kinga A/
18. Marton I.Izabella
Moldovan V.
19.
Marieta
Nagy Erika A/
20.
Emoke
Pop E. (Mesaroş)
21. Liliana-
Paraschiva
Sand I. Alina- A/
22.
Petronela
Sand I Damaris- A/
23.
Aurelia
Suciu V. A/
24.
Claudia-Cecilia
Suflea I. Emilia- A/
25.
Flavia
26. Szabo Dalma A/
27. Szabo I. Zoltan A/
Szilveszter G.
28.
Melinda
Şopterean A/
29.
V.Oana-Elena
Takács S.
30.
Hajnal-Mónika
Teslovan V.
31.
Maria-Simona
Tincă Gh. A/
32. Sidonia-
Georgeta