English · Boston College
This course will explore the depiction of irresolvable tensions and mixed emotions in literature by current American women writers. As we focus on the tensions between love and fear, intimacy and violence, presence and absence, desire and disgust, we will think about how literature succeeds in conveying the intangible dynamics of feeling through language, imagery and form. Although we will acknowledge the significance of gender conventions and the way they influence romantic and familial relationships, our goal will be to interrogate rather than essentialize what it means to be a woman or a wo
