EEER 16 The Door Opened: Women Writing in Eastern Europe
This course proposes a fresh take on 20th- and 21st-century literature and film by women from a wide range of national and linguistic backgrounds (including Hungary, Ukraine, Romania, Poland, the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and elsewhere). We examine women’s points of view on various topics and what media women prefer for telling stories about their lives and experiences. We also explore the problematic concept of “Eastern Europe,” historically exoticized and feminized vis-a-vis its Western “big brothers.”