English (ENGL) 307

Overview

English 307 critically examines the tradition in women's writing, deconstructs the pervasive images of women in literature, and analyses the way in which women use language to define their experiences. A variety of works from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries by Canadian, British, and American women will be studied, including three novels—Jane Eyre, Wide Sargasso Sea, and The Raven—a play by Caryl Churchill; poetry by Adrienne Rich, Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath, and Bronwen Wallace; and essays by Adrienne Rich and Virginia Woolf.

Outline

• Unit 1: Reviewing Tradition
• Unit 2: Re-imaging Women
• Unit 3: Recasting Roles
• Unit 4: Rewriting Language
• Unit 5: Reliving Experience
• Unit 6: Redefining the Margins

Evaluation

To receive credit for ENGL 307, you must achieve a minimum grade of “D” (50 percent) on the final exam and achieve a composite course grade of at least “D” (50 percent). All assignments are required in order to pass the course. The weighting of the course assignments is as follows:

The final examination for this course must be taken online with an AU-approved exam invigilator at an approved invigilation centre. It is your responsibility to ensure your chosen invigilation centre can accommodate online exams. For a list of invigilators who can accommodate online exams, visit the Exam Invigilation Network.

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Course Materials

Textbooks

Other Materials

The course materials also include a study guide, student manual and a reading file.

Challenge for Credit Course Overview

The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university level course.

Full information for the Challenge for Credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.

• Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Policy
• Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Procedures

Challenge Evaluation

To receive credit for the ENGL 307 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least 50 percent on the examination, and a grade of at least “D” (50 percent) overall.

Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form

• Challenge for Credit Form