Sex, Power, and Narrative

Story-telling is a way of establishing freedom within life's constraints. The course focuses on stories by and about women because those far from the center of power know the most about constraint. Therefore, the stories we now know and use were strongly influenced by a feminine narrative tradition. Works will be wide ranging, including stories by Murasaki, Austen, Wharton, Colette, Walker, Yamanaka, Disney, and the writers of daytime television drama.