LS 760 - Women on the Verge: Adventures in the Transgressive Feminine

(3.00 cr.)

Who dares do all that may become a woman...and then some? What happens when the lives, loves, and accomplishments of women exceed the horizon of expectations placed upon them? From shrews to witches, sirens to saints, and madcap heiresses to femme fatales, this course explores the transgressive feminine in literature, film, and theory.