COD 2023 - D813
Webinar - Who is Afraid of Sylvia Plath? A Look at the Construction of the Woman Writer in her Poetry
Literature lovers interested in discussing this piece of prose from a critical perspective in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Sylvia Plath's deah; Language and Literature teachers interested in literary analysis and its impact on teaching literature, in general, and in the writer’s poetry, in particular
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sesiones, inicia: 24-Feb
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Ficha del curso
Ciclo: 2023
Nivel: A Distancia
Idioma: Inglés
Estado: Terminado
Lugar: A Distancia
Capacitador/es: Cecilia Lasa MA
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Sesiones
| Sesiones | Fechas | Inicia | Termina |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 Febrero 2023 | 05:30 pm | 07:00 pm |
Capacitador/es
Cecilia Lasa
Literature lovers interested in discussing this piece of prose from a critical perspective in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Sylvia Plath's deah; Language and Literature teachers interested in literary analysis and its impact on teaching literature, in general, and in the writer’s poetry, in particular
- To identify the problem of a tradition of female writers when reading Plath’s poetry.
- To characterise the main themes and problems of her Poetry.
- To analyse, particularly, the construction of the lyrical I in relation to the image of the woman writer in a post-war scenario.
- To compare and contrast the main arguments in the debate about Plath's confessional poetry.
- To compare and contrast the main arguments in the debate about Plath's feminism.
- To characterise the main themes and problems of her Poetry.
- To analyse, particularly, the construction of the lyrical I in relation to the image of the woman writer in a post-war scenario.
- To compare and contrast the main arguments in the debate about Plath's confessional poetry.
- To compare and contrast the main arguments in the debate about Plath's feminism.
- The problem of the woman writer and the tradition of female writers.
- Typical concerns, problems, themes and rhetorical devices in Plath's Poetry.
- The construction of the Lyrical I: its appearances and movements in the map of Plath's poetry
- The main problems in relation to Plath as a confessional writer.
- The main problems in relation to Plath as a feminist writer.
- Typical concerns, problems, themes and rhetorical devices in Plath's Poetry.
- The construction of the Lyrical I: its appearances and movements in the map of Plath's poetry
- The main problems in relation to Plath as a confessional writer.
- The main problems in relation to Plath as a feminist writer.
1) Recovery of attendees’ previous knowledge about the selection of poems and its author
2) Discussion of the problems related to the context of production
3) Introduction to Sylvia Plath’s poetic world and the importance of her poetry against hegemonic poetic tendencies of the time
4) Exploration of specific features of her poetry –Lyrical I, rhetorical devices, themes, etc.
5) Guided group analysis of the selection of poems.
This webinar is part of the series “Rereading Classics”, which tackles prose, drama and poetry. Although each webinar is independent from the others, each of them deals with genre-specific aspects of analysis.
The other two webinars are:
- Where is Desire? Approaching Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire from a Contemporary Perspective
- Who Prefers not to? A Critical Approach to Herman Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener”
2) Discussion of the problems related to the context of production
3) Introduction to Sylvia Plath’s poetic world and the importance of her poetry against hegemonic poetic tendencies of the time
4) Exploration of specific features of her poetry –Lyrical I, rhetorical devices, themes, etc.
5) Guided group analysis of the selection of poems.
This webinar is part of the series “Rereading Classics”, which tackles prose, drama and poetry. Although each webinar is independent from the others, each of them deals with genre-specific aspects of analysis.
The other two webinars are:
- Where is Desire? Approaching Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire from a Contemporary Perspective
- Who Prefers not to? A Critical Approach to Herman Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener”
Source texts
Plath, S. (1975). Letters Home. Correspondence 1950-1963. Ed. by Aurelia Schoeber. London: Faber and Faber.
- (1981). The Collected Poems. New York: Harper & Row.
- (2000). The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath. Ed. by Karen V. Kukil. New York: Anchor Books.
Attendees will be given a selection of poems beforehand and passages of Plath’s letters and journals will be shared in class.
Critical and theoretical material
Gilbert, S. (1977) “‘My Name Is Darkness’: The Poetry of Self-Definition”. Contemporary Literature, 18, 4; pp. 443-457.
Gilbert S. and Gubar, S. (1944). “In Yeats’s House. Death and Resurrection of Sylvia Plath”. In No Man’s Land. The Place of the Woman Writer in the Twentieth Century. Vol. 3. Letters from the Front. New Haven and London: Yale University Press; pp. 266-318.
Wagner-Martin, L. (2003). Sylvia Plath. A Literary Life. New York: Palgrave, Macmillan, 2003.
- (2007). “Plath and Contemporary American Poetry” (2007). In Gill, Jo (ed). The Cambridge Companion to Sylvia Plath. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; pp. 75-86.
- (1987). Sylvia Plath. A Biography. Londres: Chatto & Windus.
Cambridge’s Bibliography about Literature in English
Cambridge International Examinations (2018). Learner Guide IGCSE®Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Russell, C (2018). Cambridge IGCSE® and O Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Whitthome, E (2018). AS & A Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Plath, S. (1975). Letters Home. Correspondence 1950-1963. Ed. by Aurelia Schoeber. London: Faber and Faber.
- (1981). The Collected Poems. New York: Harper & Row.
- (2000). The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath. Ed. by Karen V. Kukil. New York: Anchor Books.
Attendees will be given a selection of poems beforehand and passages of Plath’s letters and journals will be shared in class.
Critical and theoretical material
Gilbert, S. (1977) “‘My Name Is Darkness’: The Poetry of Self-Definition”. Contemporary Literature, 18, 4; pp. 443-457.
Gilbert S. and Gubar, S. (1944). “In Yeats’s House. Death and Resurrection of Sylvia Plath”. In No Man’s Land. The Place of the Woman Writer in the Twentieth Century. Vol. 3. Letters from the Front. New Haven and London: Yale University Press; pp. 266-318.
Wagner-Martin, L. (2003). Sylvia Plath. A Literary Life. New York: Palgrave, Macmillan, 2003.
- (2007). “Plath and Contemporary American Poetry” (2007). In Gill, Jo (ed). The Cambridge Companion to Sylvia Plath. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; pp. 75-86.
- (1987). Sylvia Plath. A Biography. Londres: Chatto & Windus.
Cambridge’s Bibliography about Literature in English
Cambridge International Examinations (2018). Learner Guide IGCSE®Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Russell, C (2018). Cambridge IGCSE® and O Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Whitthome, E (2018). AS & A Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.