Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Fall 2018 - HUM 360 D100

Special Topics: Great Themes in the Humanistic Tradition (4)

Heroic Individuals

Class Number: 7623

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2018: Thu, 1:30–5:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    45 units.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

An interdisciplinary study of a selected theme that has made a lasting contribution to the humanistic tradition in more than one field of endeavour(e.g. philosophy, politics, literature,economics, religion). This course may be repeated once for credit. Students who have credit for a course with this content under another Humanities course may not take this course for further credit. Breadth-Humanities.

COURSE DETAILS:


 Heroines in Greece and beyond: Political Representations of Women in Film and Literature

Examines the impact of national and political contexts upon individual women, their personal histories, political engagement, memories and identities. Traces archetypes of women from the ancient Greek world into The objective of the course is to analyze the selected visual and textual narratives so as to reflect on the specific social contexts and the prevailing cultural and gender norms. It will offer a critical analysis on the continuities and discontinuities of women’s representations while reflecting on post/modernity, gender, politics, philosophy, theory and broader contemporary debates. different contexts. Specifically, this course reflects on past and present representations of women in a wide range of writings and films produced in N. America, Europe, the Balkans and Latin America. The objective of the course is to analyze the selected visual and textual narratives so as to reflect on the specific social contexts and the prevailing cultural and gender norms. It will offer a critical analysis on the continuities and discontinuities of women’s representations while reflecting on post/modernity, gender, politics, philosophy, theory and broader contemporary debates. 

Grading

  • Participation 10%%
  • Presentation 15%%
  • Midterm 30%%
  • Portfolio 40%%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Whitehead, Stephen. Talahite, Anissa. Moodley, Roy. Gender and identity; key themes and new directions. Oxford University Press, 2013.
ISBN: 978-0195444902

Additional readings available online, through the SFU Library.

RECOMMENDED READING:

Archer Mann, Susan. Doing feminist theory; from modernity to postmodernity. Oxford University Press, 2012.
ISBN: 978-0199858101

Campbell, Lara. Myers, Tamara. Perry, Adele. eds. Rethinking Canada: the promise of women’s history. Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press, 2016.
ISBN: 978-0199011087

Mayor, Adrienne. The Amazons: lives & legends of warrior women across the ancient world. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2016.
ISBN: 978-0691147208

Registrar Notes:

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