1:25-3:20P     M     BH335

Above section open to freshmen, sophomores and juniors only
Above section COAS intensive writing section and also 	
requires registration is COAS W333

This seminar will look at how women in various countries have
experienced and had their position in society altered by revolutions.
Which revolutionaries promised to do the most for women and how
effectively did they carry out their promises?  How can we explain the
tendency, in so many cases, for revolutions to dramatically alter the
balance of power between different social groups but leave in place
that between the sexes?  Why is it that female symbols, such as
statues of goddesses, are often adopted by revolutionary movements in
which most of the main leaders are men?  These will be the kinds of
questions explored in this class, as we read novels, memoirs,
declarations and other texts by or about women that were produced
during events such as the American Revolution of 1776 and the Chinese
revolutions of 1911 and 1949.  No previous familiarity with
revolutions is expected of the students, and we will also read general
introductions to and watch films that provide background information
about the specific events we examine.  An intensive writing course,
students will be expected to do a pair of short papers that compare
and contrast the approaches of two authors or the experiences of women
in two different revolutions, as well as a longer final research paper
that looks at English language documents associated with a particular
upheaval.