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ENGLISH 2KK3

STUDIES IN WOMEN WRITERS

Undergraduate

Fall 2025 · C01

Readings

  • All My Puny Sorrows
    Miriam Toews · Required
    ISBN 9780735272958
Fall 2025 · C01

Topics

  • Syllabus (available on A2L)
  • Oliver, Kelly. “Introduction.” Witnessing Beyond Recognition. University of Minnesota Press, 2001, pp. 1-20.
  • Edkins, Jenny. “Introduction.” Trauma and the Memory of Politics, Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp. 1-19.
  • Herman, Judith. “Introduction.” Trauma and Recovery. BasicBooks, 1997, pp. 1-5.
  • Becoming Frida Kahlo. Directed by Louise Lockwood, Rogan Productions, 2023. BBC Worldwide. Episode 1: https://mcmaster.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_MU/deno1h/alma991033803016607371 . Episode 2: https://mcmaster.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_MU/deno1h/alma991033803016507371
  • Fuentes, Carlos. “Introduction”. Diary of Frida Kahlo. Harry N Abrams, 1998, pp. 7-29.
  • Vermette, Katherena. river woman. House of Anansi, 2018, pp. 29-98 These are poems so will read fairly quickly
  • Plett, Casey. “Hazel & Christopher” A Dream of a Woman. Arsenal Pulp Press, 2021, pp. 11-34
  • Oliver, Mary. Devotions. Selected poems.

Readings

  • All My Puny Sorrows
    Miriam Toews · 2018 · Vintage Canada Edition · Required
    Penguin Random House · ISBN 978-0-7352-7295-8
Sources