Nobodyobjectstoawomanbeingagoodwriterorsculptororgeneticistifatthesametimeshemanagestobeagoodwife, agoodmother, good-looking, goodtempered, well-dressed, well-groomed, andunaggressive.
— MaryaMannes
UnitGoals
Afterlearningtheunit, studentsareexpected
·toknowCharlottePerkinsGilmanasafeministwriterandhermajorconcerns,
·tounderstandliteraryworksfromafeministapproach,
·tolearntheGothicelementsinagivenselection,
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·tolearnsomeusefulwordsandexpressionsfromtheunit, and
·toimproveEnglishlanguageskills, communicationskillsandcriticalthinking.
BeforeYouRead
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1) Whatwerethemiddle-classwomen’srolesinthe19th-centuryAmericansocietyintheUnitedStatesandworldwide? Howaretheirroleschangedtoday? Giveexamples.
2) Howwouldaninsanepersonormentalpatientbehaveandthink? Listsomestereotypesofmentalillnessandgiveadescriptionofsomeonewithmentalillness.
3) Whatdoyouknowabout “restcure”? Doyouthinkitisgoodorbadtreatmentformentalproblemornervousness?
4) HaveyoureadanyGothicnovels? Whatarethecharacteristicsofsuchworks? Giveoneexample.
5) Whatshouldbemenandwomen’sdomesticandsocialresponsibilitiesrespectively? Whatisanidealharmonioussocietylikeinthissense?
(T) orfalse (F) accordingtoyourknowledgeabouttheauthorandthebackgroundofthestory.
1) TheYellowWallpaperisanexactaccountofCharlottePerkinsGilman’spersonalexperiences.( )
2) Gilmanwrote “TheYellowWallpaper” inanefforttosavewomenfromsuffering“restcure”.( )
3) “TheYellowWallpaper” isconsideredbymanyafeministworkaswellasahorrorstory.( )
4) GilmanspentseveralyearslecturingintheUnitedStatesandEnglandonwomen’srightsandonlaborreform.( )
5) Gilmanaswellasthenarrator’smentaldepressionwasmainlyresultedfromgivingbirthtoherdaughter.( )
, ontheInternetorinthelibrary, , andthengiveapresentationaboutit.( )
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