What's Literature Got to Do With It? Questioning the Role of Literature
and Strategies for Transdisciplinary Pedagogy in the Feminist Theory
Classroom
Call for participants in a proposed roundtable presentation and discussion for
NWSA
National Women's Studies Association 23rd Annual Conference
Las Vegas, Nevada
June 13-16, 2002
I am seeking panelists to be part of a proposed roundtable discussion on the
role of literature and the subject of inter- and transdisciplinary teaching
strategies in the feminist theory classroom. Panelists will have 5-7 minutes
each to present their ideas. The focus will be on theories and successful
strategies for using literature to teach feminist theory and/or to engage in
transdisciplinary teaching. I am particularly interested in including people
from a variety of disciplines (not only literature) who teach either a general
course on feminist theory or one geared towards a specific discipline or set of
disciplines (e.g. psychology or the social sciences). All roundtable
participants must be members of the National Women's Studies Association for
2002 (by May 1, 2002) and be registered for the 2002 Conference.
While ideas about teaching particular texts are welcome, I would like to
generate a broader discussion in response to one or more of the following
questions:
=B7 Why do we teach literature in feminist theory classes?
=B7 Do we treat literature differently from other material in the feminist
theory classroom?
=B7 What do these differences, if they exist, signify (to ourselves, to our
students) and what is their relationship to the feminist theories we are
teaching? For instance, does using literature have the effect of
marginalizing certain ideas, thinkers, or groups of writers?
=B7 Do we see literary texts as being different in terms of their function
in the classroom from other kinds of material?
=B7 If so, in what distinct ways does literature help our students learn
about theories and theory making?
=B7 How might teaching literature in a feminist theory classroom assist in
problematizing issues of disciplinarity?
=B7 How can literary texts in the feminist theory classroom broaden our
students=92 thinking about issues such as nationalism?
Please email your cv (including your name, mailing address, work and home
telephone numbers, and email address*) and a paragraph or two describing your
interest in this subject to:
Janet Winston
jmwinsto@vcu.edu
*Please indicate whether or not you would want your email address published in
the conference program.
Deadline: Nov. 2 preferred, but will accept submissions until Dec. 1
Janet Winston
Assistant Professor
English and Women's Studies
Virginia Commonwealth University
Department of English
Box 842005
900 Park Avenue
Hibbs Building, Room 306
Richmond, VA 23284-2005
(ph) 804-828-1331
(fax) 804-828-8684=20
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