Teaching French Women Writers of the Renaissance and Reformation: 31 (Options for Teaching 31) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1603290907 ISBN 13: 9781603290906

Verlag: Modern Language Association of America, 2011

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"An excellent volume of essays on an increasingly important topic of research and instruction." --Edwin M. Duval, Yale University

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Considers the issues critical to teaching recently rediscovered writers, such as Helisenne de Crenne, Pernette Du Guillet, and Louise Labe, who have enriched the literary canon by offering alternative perspectives on the social, political, and religious issues of early modern France. Addressing topics from law and medicine to motherhood and aesthetics, these women wrote in nearly every genre, and their works include several literary firsts: the first book of Christian emblems ever published by a woman (Georgette de Montenay), the first published collection of private letters between women in French (the Dames Des Roches), and the first full-length memoir by a woman in French (Margaret of Valois). The volume considers techniques for reading women's writing alongside the texts of their male contemporaries and offers guidance on incorporating a range of resources into the classroom. Essays in part 1 explore the background and contexts so crucial for helping students understand how these writers negotiated their entry into the public world of writing. In part 2, contributors discuss specific genres. Part 3 describes critical methodologies that are useful in the classroom and demonstrates the benefits of teaching certain pairings of texts and authors. The fourth and final part recommends a range of electronic and print resources.

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• Verlag: Modern Language Association of America
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1603290907
• ISBN 13: 9781603290906
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 441
• Herausgeber: Winn Colette H.