Women in Literature
The members of this class will read novels by women and those with women as major characters in the story. The students' objective will be to analyze the books' literary value, as well as identify themes, characters, conflicts, etc., that are relevant to their own lives and to greater society today.
Our reading list includes (but not limited to) the following:
•The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
•The Crucible by Arthur Miller
•Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
•Fried Green Tomatoes by Fannie Flagg
•Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
Activities for Pride and Prejudice
Check out a couple of these links below for extended discussion of Jane Austen's views on dating and marriage, as presented in her various novels.
Jane Austen's Dating Rules--the do's and don'ts
What WAS life like for women during Jane Austen's era?
One editorialist's view on the latest Trends in Marriage --Are women reverting back to the values of Jane Austen's era?
Who said that? Check out the online quiz over various passages in the novel.
Here you can take a brief quiz over the novel.
You must get the correct answer on this Pride and Prejudice Quiz to keep advancing. A wrong answer forces you to START OVER!
Need some help understanding Shakespeare's language in Taming of the Shrew? Click on this link to see some line-by-line modernized interpretation of the play.
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