Mothers and Daughters in Contemporary Literature
LITR1-CE9321
/ $430
SPRING 2012
Continuing Education:
Humanities and Performing Arts
After looking at the myth of Demeter and Persephone, explore the mother/daughter relationship through a range of modern literary texts written from both perspectives--including poems by Louise Glück, Adrienne Rich, Maxine Kumin, and Eavan Boland; Jamaica Kincaid's novels about growing up, Annie John and Lucy; Edna O'Brien's novel about the passions among three generations of women,
The Light of Evening; Vivian Gornick's memoir about the difficulties of separation,
Fierce Attachments; and descriptions of conflict, love, loss, and the passage of time in memoirs by Faith Ringgold and Kate Simon and in stories by Alice Munro and Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
No grades issued.
Related Subject Areas:
Literature,
Humanities
Section 1
Thursday 11:10am-12:50pm
February 16 - April 26
No class Mar. 15.
10 Sessions
Instructor:
Joan Dulchin
Location: Midtown Center
