Women’s Literature Terminology for the Semester 1. Literary Canon: a body of books, narratives and other texts considered to be the most important and influential of a particular time period or place 2. Empowerment: the process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in controlling one's life and claiming one's rights. 3. Essentialism: the assumption that people or things have a fixed “nature,” as well as the generalizations that grow from such assumptions (women are more nurturing than men; men are more rational than women) 4. Gazes: the filter through which we see things based on our gender, or the gender through which art is intended to be seen (usually the gender of the artist) (male gaze, white gaze, straight gaze, etc) 5. Gender Roles: a range of behaviors and attitudes that are generally considered acceptable, appropriate, or desirable for people based on their actual or perceived sex or sexuality. 6. Intersectionality: the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage. 7. Madonna/Whore Complex: In sexual politics the view of women as either Madonnas or whores limits women's sexual expression, offering two mutually exclusive ways to construct a sexual identity 8. Metanarrative/Master Narrative the notion of one historical narrative being central, involving the exclusion or marginalization of oppressed groups 9. Phallocentrism centering the masculine in construction of meaning, or defining maleness as the center. 10. Patriarchy a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it. 11. Matriarchy a system of society or government ruled by a woman or women. 12: Sexism prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex. 13: Feminism the advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes. media1.m4a image6.jpg image7.png media2.m4a image8.jpeg image9.jpeg media3.m4a image10.jpeg image11.jpg media4.m4a image12.jpeg image13.jpg media5.m4a image14.jpeg media6.m4a image15.png media7.m4a image16.jpg image17.jpeg media8.m4a image18.jpg image19.jpg image2.png image3.png image4.png image5.png Hi guys,  The end of the semester is fast approaching! You final exam is a essay on a short novel:  You choose Anne of Green Gables, The Princess Bride or My Antonia. Click on the instructions and read them carefully. Remember that this is not a research paper. You use quotes from the novel to expand/support the thesis. Final EXAM Essay  Please attach the final draft of your midterm essay here.  Before turning in, please ensure that you have: 1) Proofread thoroughly for grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. 2) Formatted all of your quotations in MLA Style. 3) Observed all of the Academic Writing Pet Peeves in the Week 1 Module .

1. Women’s Literature
Terminology for the Semester
1. Literary Canon:
a body of books, narratives and other texts considered to be the
most important and influential of a particular time period or
place
2. Empowerment:
the process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially
in controlling one's life and claiming one's rights.
3. Essentialism:
the assumption that people or things have a fixed “nature,” as
well as the generalizations that grow from such assumptions
(women are more nurturing than men; men are more rational
than women)
4. Gazes:
the filter through which we see things based on our gender, or
the gender through which art is intended to be seen (usually the
gender of the artist) (male gaze, white gaze, straight gaze, etc)

2. 5. Gender Roles:
a range of behaviors and attitudes that are generally considered
acceptable, appropriate, or desirable for people based on their
actual or perceived sex or sexuality.
6. Intersectionality:
the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race,
class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group,
regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of
discrimination or disadvantage.
7. Madonna/Whore Complex:
In sexual politics the view of women as either Madonnas or
whores limits women's sexual expression, offering two mutually
exclusive ways to construct a sexual identity
8. Metanarrative/Master Narrative
the notion of one historical narrative being central, involving
the exclusion or marginalization of oppressed groups
9. Phallocentrism
centering the masculine in construction of meaning, or defining
maleness as the center.
10. Patriarchy
a system of society or government in which men hold the power
and women are largely excluded from it.

3. 11. Matriarchy
a system of society or government ruled by a woman or women.
12: Sexism
prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against
women, on the basis of sex.
13: Feminism
the advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of
the sexes.
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Hi guys,
The end of the semester is fast approaching! You final exam is a
essay on a short novel:
You choose Anne of Green Gables, The Princess Bride or My
Antonia.
Click on the instructions and read them carefully. Remember
that this is not a research paper. You use quotes from the novel
to expand/support the thesis.
Final EXAM Essay
Please attach the final draft of your midterm essay here. Before
turning in, please ensure that you have:
1) Proofread thoroughly for grammar, spelling, and punctuation
errors.
2) Formatted all of your quotations in MLA Style.
3) Observed all of the Academic Writing Pet Peeves in the
Week 1 Module (
very important)
4) Included a Works Cited page
You are responsible for reading and following these
instructions, which are essential to a successful outcome in any
essay. You must not submit work done for another course
anyone other than yourself.
This assignment will help you:
1. analyze and discuss works of fiction;
2. use appropriate literary terms to discuss a selection;

5. 3. write critical essays using patterns of development introduced
and practiced in English 101;
The
Short Novel assignment is to do a critical analysis of
the terms list we examined at the beginning of the semester
using these terms:
You choose
Anne of Green Gables, The Princess Bride or My
Antonia.
This is NOT a research paper....only use quotes from the novel
to support your thesis.
Terminology.pptxDownload Terminology.pptx
Pick one or two terms only and craft a thesis around them to
apply to your reading of the novel.
Composition textbook as the source, which you will cite
parenthetically in the body paragraphs, and with the “Works
Cited” page as the last page, according to MLA. Must be at
least 800 words
You must have at least one direct quote in every body
paragraph
For the essay, your only direct quotes will be from the novel
itself.
This assignment has two goals:
1. You will support your thesis with quotes (only from the story
itself) to produce an essay that is a commentary of how the
story represents something beyond “the events of the story”.
Lecture - Quotes
Formatting:
· Font: Times New Roman 12 pt.
·
4 full pages (not including the works cited page)

6. · Margins and Spacing: 1” and double-spaced (no exceptions).
· Page numbers in the header on the top right (at ½”) as shown
on this document. If they are not in the header, the formatting
of the entire paper will be off.
· Heading: Put your first and last name, class and section
number, the date, and the assignment in the top left corner at
the 1”margin. Put my name as “Instructor Jones .”
Grading:
Any work that does not meet the word count requirement, is
submitted late or is about a story or poem that was no assigned
will receive a zero
A paper that does not have the required number of no
quotations/citations will receive a minimum grade of 70%(this
is where I start grading).
A paper that has quotes that are not introduced, or uses 1ST or
2nd person , or have repeated past tense verbs minimum grade
of 80% (this is where I start grading)
1. Remember that all your verbs need to be in present tense
(including in your direct quotes
You must have at least 2 direct quotes per body
paragraph.
2. Make sure you have a direct quote that is both introduced and
cited correctly in every body paragraph (which means NO
quotes in the introduction and conclusion
3. Watch out for pot summary
4. Make sure to spell both the author's name in any names of the
characters correctly
5. Do not end a body paragraph with a citation
6. Make sure to include topic sentences, which connects your
thesis, in the first sentence of each body paragraph
7. Do not forget that your thesis statement should be the last
sentence of your introductory paragraph
8. All of your direct quotes must be introduced and cited

7. Academic Writing Pet Peeves!
·
Short story and
poem titles go in
quotation marks.
· “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe
· “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gillman
·
Book and
Play titles go in
italics.
·
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
·
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
·
The Title of Your Paper
· Should not just be the title of the work you’re writing about!
· A bad title: “The Raven”
· A good title: Analyzing Rhyme in Edgar Allen Poe’s “The
Raven”
· Should not be in quotation marks or underlined
· See above. The only thing in quotation marks should be titles
of other people’s works.
·
Quotations
· All quotations
MUST BE INTRODUCED! Do not ever start a sentence
with a quotation.

8. · A bad example:
· “Feminism is an important component of Glaspell’s writing”
(Jones 27).
· A good example:
· In James Jones’ essay “Susan Glaspell Uncovered,” he notes
that, “Feminism is an important component of Glaspell’s
writing” (27).
· Never begin or end a paragraph with a quotation.
· Paragraphs should begin with a topic sentence.
· All quotes should be explained afterward.
·
Tense
· Any time you write about literature, you should be writing in
the present tense. For example, we would say, “Hamlet
struggles with the death of his father” rather than “Hamlet
struggled with the death of his father.”
· Action that happens before the beginning of the story or play
may be put in past tense.
·
NEVER
· Refer to the author by his or her first name. You are not
friends. Last names only. (The first time you mention an
author, you may use first and last name. After that, last names
are all you need.)
· Use first or second person (no “I” or “You”)
· Use contractions or abbreviations
· Make announcements in your paper: (“In this paper I will
discuss…” “This paper is about…” “My reasons are…”)
·
ALWAYS
· Introduce the full name of the text(s) and author(s) at some
point in your introductory paragraph. Your title is not enough.
· Head, format, double-space, and type your paper in Times
New Roman size 12