In the 19th century, a strange marriage of art, literature, science, and psychology catapulted society’s obsession with the archetypal madwoman into the mainstream. Pathologies that had once been used to portray the outré now came to be seen as essential characteristics of all women, casting ideological shadows well into the 21st century. Students will go beyond the confines of literature alone to investigate this unique commingling of ingredients—the fictional madwoman, the pictorial madwoman, scientific theories concerning gender, medical documents, written testimonies of asylum inmates, etc. Themes of identity, guilt, self-persecution, innocence, redemption, disease and violence will be examined. Literary works will include fiction, poetry and essays by Kate Chopin, Christina Rossetti, Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath and others.
Course Number: LIT-40069
Credit: 2.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Creative Writing
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9/25/2024 - 10/30/2024
$315
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CLASS TYPE:
Synchronous web-based class meetings that are scheduled to meet online at published times (time/date).
Weissenburger, Reneé, Worked as an artist for CoTA (Collaborations, Teachers, Artists) and as a literature & creative writing instructor at National University.
Reneé Weissenburger teaches Women and Madness , Ernest Hemingway: Titan of American Literature , Gender Identity & Literature: Him, Her & Us , and Glittering Wit: Three Works by Oscar Wilde for UC San Diego Extension's Creative Writing Certificate Program . She also teaches Reading Photographs: The Art of Seeing , Beyond Image: Using Photo with Other Media , Variations on Photographic Portraiture , and Visual Poetry: Ways of Seeing for the Photography: Images and Techniques Certificate Program .
Reneé draws on her passion for literature, photography, and history to inform her work, both in the studio and classroom. As lead artist for CoTA (Collaboration of Teachers and Artists), and photography and literature instructor at UC San Diego Ex...Read More
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TEXTBOOKS:
REQUIREDAriel: The Restored Editon: A Facsimilie of Plath's Manuscript, Reinstating Her Original Selection and Arrangement 2005
by Sylvia Plath
ISBN / ASIN: 0060732601
Mrs. Dalloway 1990
by Virginia Woolf
ISBN / ASIN: 9780156628709
You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.
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POLICIES:
No refunds after: 10/1/2024.
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NOTE:
This class will be delivered live online via Zoom. The instructor will email the Zoom link to all students the week before class. If you do not receive this email, reach out to ahl@ucsd.edu
DATE | DAY | START | END | LOCATION |
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9/25/2024 | Wed | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
10/2/2024 | Wed | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
10/9/2024 | Wed | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
10/16/2024 | Wed | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
10/23/2024 | Wed | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
10/30/2024 | Wed | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
There are no sections of this course currently scheduled. Please contact the Arts, Humanities, Languages & Digital Arts department at 858-534-5760 or ahl@ucsd.edu for information about when this course will be offered again.